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British actor Colin Firth gets dual Italian citizenship after Brexit vote ROME - British actor Colin Firth, who has often played the role of a quintessential Englishman in his many films, has become an Italian citizen, Italy’s Interior Ministry said.

“The very famous actor, who won an Oscar for the film ‘The King’s Speech’, is married to a citizen from our country and has often declared his love for our land,” the ministry said in a statement.

Firth said he would remain a dual national, adding that his Italian-born wife would also be seeking British nationality.

“We never really thought much about our different passports,” the actor said in a statement.

“But now, with some of the uncertainty around, we thought it sensible that we should all get the same,” he added, in an apparent reference to last year’s British vote to leave the European Union.

Firth has been married to Italian film producer Livia Giuggioli since 1997 and the couple live with their two sons in Britain. Unlike some other EU countries, Italy and Britain both allow dual nationality.

“My wife and I are both extremely proud of our own countries,” Firth said.

A number of EU countries, including Germany, France and Ireland, have reported a surge in British citizens seeking a new nationality in the wake of the Brexit vote.

The Italian announcement came just hours after British Prime Minister Theresa May flew to Florence to make a keynote speech to try to revive stalled Brexit negotiations and reassure worried business leaders. (rtr) Cast member Colin Firth arrives for the world premiere of “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” in London, Britain September 18, 2017.

Cast member Kirsten Dunst (C) poses with directors Laura (L) and Kate Mulleavy at the premiere for “Woodshock” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 18, 2017.

Rodarte sisters go deep into the woods for film debut ‘Woodshock’

LOS ANGELES - When the sisters behind high-fashion label Rodarte decided to make their debut film “Woodshock,” they looked for inspiration where they have always searched - in the redwood forests by their Northern California coastal home.

Laura Mulleavy, 38, and Kate Mulleavy, 37, took the majestic and ethereal wooded landscapes near their hometown of Aptos, California, to write and direct a dark poetic thriller of a young woman’s psychological descent after the death of her mother.

“We were always very inspired by nature,” Laura Mulleavy told Reuters.

“In writing our first film, we definitely were really looking at nature through a microscope, the idea that we’re so connected to the natural world and yet we have completely, as human beings. In a lot of ways we’ve cut ourselves off from that connection.”

“Woodshock,” out in U.S. movie theaters on Friday, follows Theresa (Kirsten Dunst), who works at a

marijuana shop in a rural coastal California town and drifts like a wood nymph in a weed haze through the redwood trees that are slowly being cut down.

Made for around $5 million, the Mulleavys brought their years of running a successful independent fashion label to the business of independent filmmaking.

“Having run (Rodarte) for 12 years, you really learn to be a creative protector of the ideas and the vision behind what you’re doing and that is something we could very solidly bring into film,” Kate Mulleavy said.

The striking visuals of the eerie forests, misty tree tops and vibrant flora of Humboldt County, California play a starring role in Theresa’s journey, as well as echoing

the bohemian California aesthetic that marks the Rodarte runway collections.

Rodarte’s most recent Spring/ Summer 2018 collection featured models in delicate lace dresses accented with baby’s breath flowers draped through their hair, detailed flower embroidery and vibrant flora prints.

The film has received mixed reviews, with some praising the artistic visuals and dream-like sequences, while others found the plot to be slumberous.

“When you make anything that’s not homogenous and not cookie-cutter and understandable in the typical straightforward way, that will be provocative and that’s exciting,” Kate Mulleavy said. (rtr)

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A view of Mount Agung, a volcano on the highest alert level, from Karangasem Regency, on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, September 24, 2017.

Volcano on Indonesia’s Bali island at highest alert level, thousands evacuated

DENPASAR - Thousands of residents were evacuated from villages near an active volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali, officials said on Friday, as the alert status was raised to the highest level, meaning an eruption could be imminent.

Authorities warned tourists and residents to avoid camping or hiking within a 9 km (6 mile) radius of the crater as seismic tremors rattled some areas and smoke rose above one of the world’s most popular tourist spots.

“Volcanic activity remains high and there are indications of magma rising to the surface and causing tremors,” said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the National Disaster Management Agency.

“There should be zero public activity within the specified radius in case there is an eruption,” Nugroho said.

However, flights at Bali’s inter-

national airport were operating as normal and there was little disruption to tourism operators across the rest of the island, authorities said.

Nearly 10,000 people have been evacuated so far and that number was expected to rise, officials said.

Others packed their belongings into trucks for evacuation, while more stopped to watch as clouds of white smoke rose from the crater, which is around 3,000 metres (9,840 feet) above sea level.

Indonesia straddles the “Pacific Ring of Fire”, where several tectonic plates meet and cause 90 per-

cent of the world’s seismic activity, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Indonesia has nearly 130 active volcanoes, more than any other country.

A series of eruptions at Mount Agung between 1963 and 1964 killed more than 1,000 people and injured hundreds.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Australia issues travel advisory

MANGUPURA - The Australian government has responded to the danger of the possible eruption of Mount Agung on September 22, 2017, by issuing a security warning for citizens of kangaroo country. The security warning was announced by the Australian consulate in Indonesia.

The Australian government has asked its citizens who are planning to vacation in Indonesia, especially in Bali, to remain vigilant and be careful because the highest mountain in Bali continues to show increasing signs of volcanic activity with related increases in alert levels.

This neighboring country also asked its citizens to pay attention to the bans and appeals issued by Bali’s local government. For example Austalians have been advised not to engage in any activities with the danger zone or engage in rock climbing.

A source from the Australian Consulate in Bali stated that the Australian government has asked its citizens to double-check their flights to Indonesia, especially those flying into Bali in order to ensure safety.

“There is no travel warning, only a travel adisory.

Overall there have been no changes in statues. Residents are required to follow the authority’s instructions and ensure that their flight schedule has not changed”, he said.

The security warning announced through Australian consulate’s official website for Indonesia at https://t. co/tHJ3osyyiy?ssr=true.(kmb27) The health officers are giving medication to the refugees in Tenganan Village, Karangasem

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Hundreds of health officers deployed to refugee camps

DENPASAR - After holding a meeting with the head of the national disaster management authority (BNPB) with hospitals across Bali, the Bali health agency has alerted their emergency health team. All health posts for refugees have been provided with health personnel, including doctors and paramedics. Gianyar Hospital and Sanglah Hospital are on standby for referals. “Karangasem Hospital remains open, but if patients need to be refered, we hope they will be referred to Klungkung, Gianyar and Sanglah Hospital”, said Head of Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya said on Saturday (Sep. 23)

Similarly, the Karangasem health agency has prepared medicines and the Bali health agency has prepared a total of 400,000 masks and the BNPB as many as 500,000 masks.

Suarjaya added that health teams at hospitals throughout Bali have prepared 14 general practitioners, 56 paramedics and 14 drivers for the next two weeks until October 8, 2017. There are 56 hospitals both public and private as well as 14 clinics prepared for volcano victims. The team of hospital has prepared 56 general practitioners and 224 paramedics. In the meantime,

the clinic team has prepared 14 general practitioners and 56 paramedics. “So, they are a total of 84 medical personnel and general practitioners as well as 336 paramedics outside of Karangasem”, he said.

Health officers in Karangasem amount to 48 doctors at public health centers, 22 dentists, 160 nurses, 243 midwives and 23 general practitioners, 29 specialist doctors, 214 nurses and 81 midwives. Considering Karangasem in within the red zone, the health facilities in Kubu subdistrict are not operating.

There are three health facilities in the area namely the Kubu Health Center I, and Pratama Kubu Clinic who deal with outpatients and Kubu Health Center II. Health officers from these clinics have are now working in the temporary shelters where people have sought refuge.

Health facilities in Rendang and Selat are still operating as usual. “For the areas that are categorized as safe, health services are runnign as usual though they have also assigned health teams to the refugee camps”, he added.

Karangasem Hospital continues to serve patients, though requests for referrals are welcome. Many have directly gone to hospitals outside of Karangasem: “maybe out of panic or maybe because they were referred, I have asked that patients continue to be served in Karangasem”, he said. (kmb42)

Ngurah Rai Airport unaffected by Mt Agung volcanic activities

DENPASAR - Ngurah Rai International Airport in the Indonesian island resort of Bali remains unaffected by the volcanic activities of Mt Agung, according to airport management spokesman Arie Ahsanurrohim.

“Until now flights to and from the Ngurah Rai International Airport are still normal,” Ahsanurrohim remarked here on Saturday.

According to him, he continued to establish intensive communications with relevant agencies to monitor the latest conditions after the danger status of Mt. Agung was raised to the highest level.

Following Mt. Agungs latest development marked by higher level of fire and extraordinary increase in tremors, Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) had decided to upgrade its status from Alert Level III to Watch or Level IV.However, the Ngurah Rai Airport management spokesman said he had prepared anticipation if the airspace was not safe, especially concerning the handling of prospective passengers and aircraft.

In the menatime, National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho informed the press on Friday that Bali remained safe for tourists, despite the alert status being declared for Mount Agung. “Until now, Bali is still safe for tourist visits except the area within the radius around Mt Agung where any activity has been banned by the PVMBG,” he said.

Several foreign embassies have contacted the BNPB command post to seek information on the condition of Mt Agung and the necessary precautionary arrangements in place. Several Balinese people were also panic-stricken, he noted.(ant)

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BEACH COMBING COWS AT INTERCONTINENTAL BALI RESORT If you happen to be walking along the magnificent golden sands of Jimbaran Beach in the early morning, you might just get to witness the enchanting sight of a pair of Balinese cows harnessed to a large metal rake and treading the beach. The apparatus is similar in many ways to the hand-held

walking ploughs used in Bali’s rice fields and drawn by water buffaloes. The rake, however, was designed especially for the purpose of combing the sand and cleaning the beach. The cows are part of a small herd of nine belonging to InterContinental Bali Resort. Every morning at 6am, guided by one of

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the Resort’s gardeners, the cows take it in turns to tidy the beach in this unique and beautiful manner.

Eco awareness and environmental sustainability are core values guiding InterContinental Bali Resort’s operations. Everyone should be aware of the importance of a clean, healthy environment and it is, of course, essential to contribute to maintaining the beauty of the beach. This daily beach combing ritual is a collabora-

tion between the Resort and the local ‘banjar’ village council, and is particularly environmentally friendly as it doesn’t involve the use of a noisy motorised machine.

Occasionally you will see the cows resting under a tree beside the beach, and when they breed, the resort donates them to Balinese farmers in Jimbaran village, proving that helping the local community doesn’t always need to be

in the form of cash contributions.

The Resort also contributes a further 40 man hours every morning on a rotating schedule among the gardeners to ensure that the fine sandy beach is clean for everyone to enjoy.

So next time you’re up with the sunrise, head over to Jimbaran Beach and say hello to these well-loved cows. It’s a great photo opportunity!

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Nepal, home to Mount Everest and half of the world’s 14 highest mountains, has never measured the peak on its own and uses its snow height of 8,848 metres (29,028 feet) that was measured by the Survey of India in 1954.

Many Western climbers use the height of 8,850 metres (29,035 feet) determined in 1999 by the National Geographic Society and Boston’s Museum of Science, in a survey that used satellite-based technology to measure the peak.

Over the years the actual height of Everest has been debated by geologists and mountaineers - the crux of disagreement being whether the snow atop the mountain rock should be included.

The official height stands at 8,848 metres (29,028 feet), determined by an Indian expedition in 1955. But the first

mission to measure it was in 1847, led by Andrew Waugh of the Indian Royal Surveyor General, when India was under British rule. The team found “Peak 15” - the name under which the mountain went by then - was 8,840 m (29,002 feet).

Ganesh Prasad Bhatta, director general of the Nepal government’s Survey Department said an expedition would be made next year to settle the debate.

“We are now developing a methodology for the measurement which will be discussed with international experts, and their advice will be incorporated to make sure that our work meets global standards and is internationally accepted,” Bhatta told Reuters.

He said Nepal lacked scientific tools like Global Positioning System and leveling equipment as well as gravimeters, but would hire what was needed from experts and agencies like the International Association of Geodesy.

“If the weather conditions on the mountain are good, we will start the work in the summer climbing season next year or in the Autumn of 2018,” Anil Marasini, another official

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Approximately 9,000 refugees spread over dozens of locations

Nepal says will measure Mount Everest next year to see if lost height

KATHMANDU - Nepal will measure Mount Everest afresh to settle a controversy over height of the world’s tallest peak, especially after some estimates suggested it became a little shorter in the wake of an earthquake two years ago, officials said on Friday.

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with the Survey Department, said.

Officials said they would seek to establish whether a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in April 2015 had altered the mountain’s height.

The earthquake occurred during the peak climbing season, and massive avalanches killed 18 people at the base camp.

During the summer mountaineering season this year, some climbers said the Hillary Step - a near vertical rock formation below the summit - had collapsed, though the Nepal government has rebutted those claims.

Nepal will take the snow height as the basis for what it hopes will be definitive measurement, in a project of “national pride”.

“There are reports that changes are noticed in the height of the Everest due to the recent earthquakes,” said Manandhar. Nepal has allocated a budget of 250m Nepalese rupees (£1.8m) for the project.

Everest is situated in the Mahalangur Range directly between Tibet and Nepal. (rtr)

SEMARAPURA - The arrival of refugees at Klungkung district continues to flow.

Moreover, the placement is no longer centered in Swecapura Stadium, Gelgel village, but already spread to a number of hamlet halls.

According to the results of data collection until 17:00 on Saturday (Sep. 23), it has been recorded at 69 points with approximately 9,000 residents. This figure is still potentially increasing.

Sebudi villager that evacuate to Klungkung district.

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Due to evacuating

Resident cancels holding ‘tooth filing’ and wedding reception

STORY of Karangasem residents that evacuate to Klungkung district is not only limited to separation from family. They are not willing to leave their cattle or sell them for very cheap price. However, when searched, there is still something else. Some residents canceled tooth filing (metatah) ceremony and wedding reception.

As experienced by a Sebudi villager, Komang Duwarni, in the near future, she plans to join in a mass tooth filing ceremony for her two sons. A fee of IDR 1 million has been paid off. Moreover, she is just waiting for such an important day.

However, it suddenly vanished.

Mount Agung is now declared in alert level causing the plan to be buried deeply. “Both of my sons will be going to undergo tooth filing ceremony and we have paid

as much as IDR 1 million. So, it is then canceled,” he said, Saturday (Sep. 23).

Nevertheless, he did not regret it. What he wanted is the safety for his family. He added that his relatives at Sogra are also forced to cancel their wedding reception scheduled to be held on September 25. Actually, hundreds of invitations have been distributed. “I also get some invitations,” he added.

Similar thing was also conveyed by a Muncan resident, Selat, Gusti Ngurah Sutama. The tooth filing and wedding ceremony of his nephew scheduled to take place in October is threatened to be canceled. “The offerings have started to be made from three days ago, while now they are evacuating. As a result, nothing can be done,” he said. (sos)

As the monitoring, in addition in the Swecapura Stadium, refugees are also recorded to occupy the hamlet hall of Tangkas, Gelgel village; Lebah hamlet, Semarapura Kangin, Lekok hamlet, Sampalan Klod and Shoot Field. In addition, some also occupy an empty building on Jalan Untung Surapati. The refugees are no longer from Sebudi village, but also from Muncan, Pesangkan, Telung Bhuana, Selat Duda, Selat, Duda, and Besakih.

After running for three days, the health of refugees declined. Hundreds of people came to health post and dozens have been referred to Klungkung Hospital.

Some have to undergo hospitalization due to their condition is quite alarming.

Head of Klungkung Health Agency, Ni Made Adi Swapatni, explained that refugees are mostly suffer-

ing from ulcers, hypertension and inflammation of respiratory tract. For those referred to hospital, they are mostly short of breath. “But it has been successfully handled,” he explained.

To minimize this, medical officers with Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) continue to monitor, not only in the Swecapura Stadium, but also hamlet hall. “We continue to monitor the condition and the officers are always ready,” he said.

In the meantime, food needs are still sufficient. The assistance from the community continues to come.

However, there is constraint such as refugees that have not got any sleeping kit like in the hamlet hall of Jelantik Mamoran, Tojan village. Some refugees sleep on pandanus mat without blanket and pillows. “The mat is obtained here,” said Ketut Parsa from Pesangkan village, Selat, Karangasem.

As the number of refugees increases, the availability of toilets also becomes a problem. This causes refugees in the Swecapura Stadium to have to queue for quite a long time. Fortunately, around the location sits a large enough river that can be taken advantage so as to resolve the problem.

Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, said that refugee handling continues to be maximized. Community is also expected to participate in fulfilling their needs.

“We also hope that people’s assistance continues to come, especially for sleeping equipment,” he said. (kmb45)

Refugees in Swecapura Stadium, Gelgel village, Klungkung.

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439 refugee children return to school

SINGARAJA - A total of 439 refugee children from Karangasem who are accommodated in Tejakula sub-district are confirmed to return to school starting on Monday (25/9). This follows the decision of the Youth and Sports Education Office (Disdikpora) Buleleng who are willing to accommodate them to school during their stay in refugee camps. The children will be accommodated in several schools near the refugee post in Tembok Village, Les, Sambirenteng and Tejakula Village, Tejakula District.

Head of Disdikpora Gede Suyasa

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Head of Disdikpora Gede Suyasa, Sunday (24/9) said, after conducting data collection at the evacuation site, it found there are 439 children who are willing to go to school during the evacuation. The child consists of 291 elementary students, 102 junior high school students and 46 students of SMK. These students will study at a number of nearby schools in evacuation locations. Related to school uniforms, shoes and textbooks, Suyasa said it was not a requirement.

Although these children are not in uniform and carry books, they still follow the teaching-learning process (PBM) with students at local schools.

Thus, in a panic situation that affects

psychological burden, these children can still attend school as usual.

Meanwhile, related to school capacity, the former Head of Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) Buleleng said, in line with the policy of acceptance of new students with zoning system, no schools are excess students or learn two shifts. Thus schools in Tejakula sub-district still have empty seats to accommodate hundreds of refugee students of Gunung Agung.

He pointed out, SDN 1 Penuktukan and SDN 7 and SDN 8 Tejakula still have empty stools, so that these children are certainly accommodated. Similarly for junior high and high school / vocational school. ‘’Although there are additional

students from these refugees, it can be accommodated, because now there is no school that the excess students after the zoning policy apply, ‘’ he explained.

On the other hand, this Tejakula Village official said that the refugee children of Gunung Agung were not enough to rejoin the school because, since the evacuation and stay in the evacuation post, their psychological condition has been disturbed. This psychic condition is important to be restored. Thus, when schooling in new environments and unknown students, they can interact and their psychic condition is expected to recover. (kmb38)

Sand and stone supply decreases drastically Project contract amendment required process

SEMARAPURA - After Mount Agung rose from the alert level and now it has stepped on level IV has caused most of the sand excavation activities stopped. It affects the supply of sand and stone to Klungkung regency, which has decreased drastically.

Inevitably the spike in the price of building materials also went up.

Brick producers from Bumbungan Village, Made Pageh Sunday (24/9) said that before the status of the mountain went up to the alert level, sand supply went normal. Similarly, the price is still around Rp 550 thousand per 4.7 cubic. But now the conditions are different. Supply dropped drastically and the price has reached Rp 750 thousand. “The supply is much reduced. Prices soared, “he said. Such a situation poses a threat to his business. In order not to lose, the price of batako was forced to raise from Rp 2,300 to Rp 2,500 per seed. “Otherwise, it could be a loss,” he said.

The same is also conveyed contractor I Nengah Sudiartana. The price of sand previously Rp 1 million to Rp 2.5 million per truck. Even now very difficult to get. He has been looking to a number of areas in Bali, but has not gained results. “At least 30 trucks will be required for my business. But there were only two trucks. That’s just waiting from yesterday.

I have also tried to search for Java, but constrained permission delivery. The price is also doubled from there, “he said.

The price of stone, continued the man from the village of Selisihan is also jump from Rp 1.8 million to Rp 3 million per truck. It is feared the problem impact on projects that are still under construction, one of them is Semarapura Market. “Because of this, there are concerns about the project,” he said.

On that matter, it proposes the amendment of the contract. This was immediately delivered in writing.

“We propose to the district government to amend IBP/kmb45 the contract. How much is done, so much is paid.

But we also keep trying to find material, “he added. Sand traders in Banda Hamlet, Takmung Village, Banjarangkan District. Since the status of Mount Agung rises to the alert level, the supply of sand has dropped drastically. (kmb45)

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Buddhist mistrust of foreign aid workers hampers relief for Myanmar’s Rohingya

Japan’s Self-Defense Forces F-15 fighter jets (top and bottom) conduct an air exercise with U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flying from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in the skies above the East China Sea, Japan, in this photo released by the Air Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan September 9, 2017.

N.Korea says rockets to U.S. ‘inevitable’ as U.S. bombers fly off N.Korean coast

UNITED NATIONS - North Korea said on Saturday targeting the U.S. mainland with its rockets was inevitable after “Mr. Evil President” Donald Trump called Pyongyang’s leader “rocket man”, further escalating rhetoric over the North’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho’s remarks to the United Nations General Assembly came hours after U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers escorted by fighters flew in international airspace over waters east of North Korea in a show of force the Pentagon said showed the range of military options available to Trump.

Ri’s speech capped a week of rising tensions between Washington and Pyongyang, with Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un trading insults. Trump called Kim a “madman” on Friday, a day after Kim dubbed him a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.”

On Saturday, the mudslinging continued with Ri calling Trump “a mentally deranged person full of megalomania and complacency” who is trying to turn the United Nations into a “gangsters’ nest”. Ri said Trump himself was on a “suicide mission” after the U.S. president had said Kim was on such a mission. “’President Evil’ is holding the seat of the U.S. President,” Ri said, warning that Pyongyang was ready to defend itself if the United States showed any sign of conducting a “decapitating operation on our headquarters or military attack against our country”.

“Now we are finally only a few steps away from the final gate of

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completion of the state nuclear force,” Ri told the annual gathering of world leaders.

He said sanctions would have no effect on Pyongyang’s resolve to develop its nuclear weapons, with the ultimate goal being “balance of power with the U.S.” Trump announced new U.S. sanctions on Thursday that he said allow targeting of companies and institutions that finance and facilitate trade with North Korea.

Earlier this month the U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted its ninth round of sanctions on Pyongyang to counter its nuclear and ballistic missiles programs.

The U.S. bombers’ flight was the farthest north of the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea that any U.S. fighter jet or bomber has flown in the 21st century, the Pentagon said.

“This mission is a demonstration of U.S. resolve and a clear message that the President has many military options to defeat any threat,” said Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White.

“We are prepared to use the full range of military capabilities to defend the U.S. homeland and our allies.”

North Korea has launched dozens of missiles this year, several flying over Japan, as it accelerates its program aimed at enabling it to target the

United States with a nuclear-tipped missile.

Pyongyang conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test on Sept. 3 and has threatened to test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific.

Ri met with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after delivering his speech. Guterres expressed concern to Ri over the escalating tensions and appealed for de-escalation, the United Nations said in a statement.

The Pentagon said the B-1B bombers came from Guam and their U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter escorts came from Okinawa, Japan. Previous shows of force with bombers have stayed south of the demilitarized zone.

The patrols came after officials and experts said a small earthquake near North Korea’s nuclear test site on Saturday was probably not manmade, easing fears Pyongyang had exploded another nuclear bomb just weeks after its last one.

China’s Earthquake Administration said the quake was not a nuclear explosion and had the characteristics of a natural tremor.

The CTBTO, or Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty Organization, which monitors nuclear tests, and officials of the South Korean meteorological agency also said they believed it was a natural quake. (rtr)

SITTWE - Relief agencies struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims displaced by strife in northwestern Myanmar are facing rising hostility from ethnic Rakhine Buddhists who accuse the United Nations and foreign aid groups of only helping Muslims.

So far, the Myanmar government has only granted Red Cross organisations access to the area.

The United Nations suspended its activities and evacuated noncritical staff after the government suggested it had supported Rohingya insurgents.

Already battling against bad weather, tough terrain and obstructive bureaucracy, the Red Cross also ran into an angry mob, who believe the foreign aid agencies have ignored the suffering of Rakhine Buddhists in Myanmar’s poorest state.

On Wednesday a mob in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, tried to block a boat carrying International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) aid to the north, where attacks by Rohingya militants on Aug. 25 prompted Myanmar’s generals to order a sweeping counterinsurgency offensive.

The mob was armed with sticks, knives and petrol bombs, and only dispersed after police fired rubber bullets.

Four days earlier a Myanmar Red Cross truck was stopped and searched by Rakhine residents in Sittwe.

“With heightened tensions in

Rakhine State, humanitarian staff and private contractors are facing serious challenges in implementing life-saving activities,” said Pierre Peron, spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Myanmar.

In the past month, 420,000 Rohingya have fled into neighbouring Bangladesh to avoid what the U.N. human rights chief has called ethnic cleansing.

Foreign aid groups are now scaling up to help Bangladesh cope with a humanitarian disaster of biblical proportions.

Back in Myanmar, a separate crisis is unfolding on multiple fronts, many of them much harder to reach.

“Many ongoing humanitarian activities that existed before August 25th have still not resumed,” said Peron. “For the sake of vulnerable people in all communities in Rakhine State, urgent measures must be taken to allow vital humanitarian activities to resume.”

In northern Rakhine, tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya, are displaced but haven’t crossed into Bangladesh.

Closer to Sittwe, 140,000 Rohingya displaced by previous religious unrest are confined to squalid camps. They depend on foreign aid that has been severely restricted since Aug. 25.

About 6,000 Buddhists have also fled to Sittwe, where they are cared for at monasteries by the government and Rakhine volunteers. (rtr)

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Rohingya refugees scuffle as aid is distributed in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 23, 2017.

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BUSINESS Puerto Rico’s fragile economy dealt new blow by Maria

PUERTO RICO/NEW YORK Chan Lo is racing against the clock to save thousands of dollars of supplies at his sushi restaurant in San Juan’s Condado beachfront community. He has roughly $16,000-worth of perishable goods stored in his restaurant Nagoya Sushi & Tiki Bar - in jeopardy as the battered island waits for power and water to be re-established. “I give it about three or four days maximum if the (power) doesn’t come back on and there are no generators available,” he said. “Everything will have to be thrown out.”

Puerto Rico’s economy was already fragile before Hurricane Maria barreled into the island, but the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in nearly 90 years could inflict heavy damage on the island’s health. Small businesses like Lo’s will be a significant part of the recovery, as they account for 80 percent of all private sector workers, according to a New York Federal Reserve report. And getting energy to them, and to manufacturers and hotels and other engines of the economy will be crucial for the island’s ability to bounce back. After Maria made landfall midweek on the island of 3.4 million people as a major Category 4 hurricane, the storm’s wind and water downed nearly all power and communications.

Governor Ricardo Rossello said the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s grid was so severely hit by the storm that it could be months before electricity is restored to all customers.

Making matters worse, PREPA has been in bankruptcy since July. Disaster modeler Enki Research estimates damage to the island at $30 billion, with $20 billion in direct physical damage and $10 billion in economic impact.

“Puerto Rico is in a precarious state,” said Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler at Enki.

‘A MEASURABLE IMPACT’ Puerto Rico has none of the economic might of other places hit hard in this active hurricane season, like the states of Texas and Florida. The island has spent most of the last ten years in recession. Its GDP shrank by more than one percent for seven of the last 10 years through 2016, the poverty rate is over 40 percent and unemployment stands at 10 percent. The chaos unleashed by the breakdown in basic services, a lack of cash and gas shortages has put many businesses into limbo, and the short-term effects are likely to be severe. Some Puerto Ricans are, however, already looking ahead to the economic boost that could be delivered by investment in the recovery.

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An aerial view shows the damage to the Guajataca dam in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico September 23, 2017.

The timeliness of U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds will play into how quickly Puerto Rico gets back on its feet, said S&P Global Ratings analyst David Hitchcock. Meanwhile, the hurricane has pushed back the island’s bankruptcy process. Struggling under $72 billion in debt, Puerto Rico filed the biggest government bankruptcy in U.S. history earlier this year but that is now on the backburner, sources said on Thursday.

“This is an island that has been riddled with bad news,” said Jonathan Mondillo, Alpine Woods Capital Investors LLC, which holds insured Puerto Rican bonds. “It’s going to have a measurable impact on their economy locally.”

MANUFACTURING HEART In the aftermath of the storm, businesses both big and small around the island were assessing the damage and putting contingency plans in place. Puerto Rico boasts investments from a number of U.S. multinationals,

such as Wal-Mart, Amgen and Eli Lilly. A spokesman for Honeywell International Inc, said the company’s “folks on the ground are making sure everyone’s accounted for and what their needs are ... we’re still assessing the facilities.”

Manufacturing is still the heart of Puerto Rico’s economy and any blow to industry could have a significant impact. It makes up nearly 49 percent of the island’s GDP, according to a 2015 report from the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association.

But the manufacturing sector is much diminished after the U.S. Congress decided to gradually phase out a 1976 tax credit program. That program ended in 2006, after which many companies left and the island had lost nearly half of its manufacturing jobs by 2014.

HIT TO GROWING TOURISM Just as concerning to the island is likely to be the impact Hurricane Maria has caused to tourism - which will be especially hard felt

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since it was one area of the economy that had been growing. Travel and tourism had grown from 7.3 percent of GDP in 2014 to an estimated 8.4 percent in 2017 and was projected to rise to 10.7 percent by 2027, including direct and indirect spending, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council.

Hotels and resorts were struggling to stay open in the days after the hit. Reynaldo Rey, general manager of the AC Hotel San Juan, said businesses were facing a race against the clock if emergency power supplies and water ran out because generators would only keep hotels operating for a few days.

“Everything depends on when the supply lines are re-established,” Rey said. “We risk a complete shutdown.” Raul Brito, 24, a security guard for the state tourism agency in the capital’s upscale Condado neighborhood, said business was now in limbo at the worst time possible. “Companies don’t know if they are going to be able to start up again because they don’t know yet if they will have the money,” he said.(rtr)

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Besakih Temple Sits at the Foot of Mount Agung

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Mount Agung in Balinese language is also known as Giri To Langkir to express its majesty. Giri means ‘mountain,’ To means ‘person,’ while Langkir means ‘towering.’ R. Goris, a literary scholar, compares the word to meaning ‘person’ to the family of languages ??found in other places having almost identical spellings that indicate the original equation. For example, the people of Bugis, Makassar and Toraja mention the person with the word ‘tou’ or ‘tow,’ the Sasak people on Lombok Island say ‘tau,’ the Bima people on Sumbawa Island say ‘dou,’ while the Filipinos say ‘tawuw.’

The word Langkir in Sanskrit can also be interpreted as the Mahadev or Supreme God (Master Plan for the Besakih Temple Development). In the Sangkul Putih palm-leaf manuscript is mentioned: “… Kang um is the ring tolangkir Bhatara Pasupati Ngaran …” means: “… the deity abiding on Mount Agung is named Bhatara Pasupati …”

The word Tolangkir is derived from the word to (tu) meaning ‘honorable’ and langkir meaning ‘stepping’ or ‘the glorified or honored mountain’ as the abode of (Lord) Hyang Pasupati most honored by Balinese people (Pasar Agung Temple development committee). Mount Agung is called Giri To Langkir because of its size and height, another word for explaining the Supreme.

Considering the majesty of Mount Agung, it was then established the abode of Hyang Pasupati named Besakih Temple. Besakih Temple belongs to Sad Kahyangan (six main temples) of Bali. This temple consists of 86 groups of temples. This group is divided into 18 (eighteen) common temples, 4 Catur Lawa temples, 11 Padharman temples, 6 non-Padharman temples, 29 clan temples and 11 temples do not belong to the group.

All groups of the temples were built in stages. They were estimated to be first built by King Wira Dalem Kesari Warmadewa (913 AD), and then continued by Sri Kesari Warmadewa whose wife is Sri Gunapriya Dharmapatni (1007 AD). Rapid development occurred during the administration of Dalem Waturenggong where Danghyang Nirartha and Empu Kuturan played great role (Nala, 1996: 1).

Chronicle of Gunung Agung dated Çaka 11 noted the eruption in the same year and displacement of four mountains stated as Candra Sangkala or chronogram reading Rudhira Bumi. Rudhira and Bumi respectively means number 1 (one) so that Rudhira Bhumi means number 11 (eleven) or 89 AD. The Çaka Year 13 stated as chronogram of Gni Bhudara: Gni means ‘number three’ and Bhudara means ‘one,’ so that in the Çaka 13 meaning

92 AD it is said to erupt again.

The eruption caused a tremendous earthquake accompanied by incessant heavy rains day and night for two months.

READ Use of Animal Flesh in Ritual, To Fill in Offerings and Iber-iber in Clockwise Procession After that, Lord Putra Jaya, Lord Gni Jaya and Goddess Danuh came down to Bali. Among the three, Lord Putra Jaya is the most glorified with the title Lord Mahadev abiding on top of Mount Agung as Lord Shiva, then Lord Gni Jaya abides on top of Mount Lempuyang and Goddess of Danuh abides in Lake Batur worshipped as Lord Vishnu.

At Besakih Temple, there is worship for gods namely; Kiduling Kreteg Temple where to worship Lord Brahma; Gelap Temple (Lord Ishvara), Ulun Kulkul Temple (Lord Mahadev), and Batumadeg Temple (Lord Vishnu). Penataran Agung Temple is located in the middle because it is considered the most distinguished. Here is where Hindu devotees say prayers every year in the ceremony known as Bhatara Turun Kabeh falling on full moon of the tenth month in Balinese calendar (April). Then, every ten years is held a ceremony known as Panca Wali Krama and most importantly is the ceremony held every 100 (one hundred) years, known as the Eka Dasa Rudra.

When Did Mount Agung Erupt?

In the chronicle of Mount Agung is mentioned that Mount Agung erupted for the second time in Çaka Year 70 or 148 AD, Friday (Sukra) Kliwon Wuku Tolu of the fifth month according to Balinese calendar. Meanwhile, in the crater of the Mount Agung was found a substance called Salodaka (sulfur).

It is considered to have supernatural power by residents in Bali and used as a means of grandiose Hindu rituals.

Then, Mount Agung erupted for the third time in Çaka 111 (one hundred eleven) with the chronogram of Wak Çasih Wak where each word means number 1 (one) or 189 AD. At this time

was held the first Eka Dasa Rudra at Besakih Temple. Later, the Eka Dasa Rudra was not performed for several times.

The next Eka Dasa Rudra was held in 1963 AD precisely on March 18, 1963, falling on full moon of the tenth month (Balinese calendar), Sukra Pon Julungwangi Çaka 1885, but was then not cancelled. At that time (1963), a great eruption of Mount Agung happened and caused the Island of Bali to be in pitch black.

According to traditional mythological sources, a figure named Sri Wira Dalem Kesari founding the Merajan Selonding approximately in 250 AD located in the west of Penataran Agung Temple, where the Selonding gamelan instrument is now stored. He is said to have repaired the Besakih Temple. The word Dalem is the title of a king in Bali. Thus, the meaning of Dalem Kesari is most likely the King Kesari Warmadewa who ruled around 917 AD. This is indicated by inscriptions at Puseh Penempahan Temple and Belanjong (Sanur). Among the inscriptions, only those at Belanjong that have the date or chronogram: Cara Wahni Murti. Cara means ‘the star’ and has number 5, Wahni means ‘fire’ number 3, murti means the body of Lord Shiva has number 8. Therefore, after being read from the rear, the whole chronogram shows Caka 835 or 913 AD. During the reign of Sri Udayana, Besakih Temple also received great attention. This can be found

in two inscriptions whose copy is now stored in Merajan Selonding and Gedung Sakti inscription in Selat (Karangasem). It has chronogram ‘Nawa Sangapit Lawang’ and ‘Lawang Apit Lawang.’ Both chronograms have the same meaning: nawa means 9, apit means 2 and lawang means 9 (symbol of 9 holes in human body). The whole chronogram becomes Caka Year 929 or 1007 AD. Since the year 1007 belongs to the era of Udayana Warmadewa, apparently the king paid enough attention to Besakih Temple.

During the reign of the kings belonging to descendants of Sri Kresna Kepakisan, Besakih Temple received more special arrangement. This can be found in the palm-leaf manuscript of Raja Purana Besakih that specifies the type of ceremony, name of shrine, land property, composition of the pangemong (supporting devotees) and well-organized ceremonial levels. Other than two inscriptions dating 1444 AD and 1454 AD that carry the inauguration of the autonomy of “Desa Hilahila Hulundang Ing Besuki” it is also carried that outsiders as well as royal officers are not allowed to collect taxes in the region of Besakih Temple and the people of Besakih have duty to maintain Besakih Temple and the shrine of Sasuhunan Kidul. Such a condition continued until the conquest of the Klungkung kingdom by the Dutch in 1908.

During the Dutch colonial era,

the Dutch government paid great attention to Besakih Temple as proved in 1918-1923 when natural disasters destroyed many buildings; the government held a massive restoration. Furthermore, after Indonesian got its independence, the local government of Bali handled the repair and ceremonies at Besakih Temple. In 1967 supervision and maintenance of Besakih Temple by the governor of Bali was submitted to the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) and was then mandated again to Prawartakan Besakih Foundation. This foundation then carried out the repairs to damages caused by natural disasters.

Great attention of the Bali government along the district and municipal government across Bali is given to the improvements that continue until now. Other than the attention of customary and religious institutions through meetings of Sulinggih and Walaka, religious seminars and other meetings on the ceremonies at Besakih Temple should be carried out in accordance with the norms including the implementation of grandiose rituals held periodically such as the Eka Dasa Rudra in 1979 (Çaka 1900), Panca Walikrama in 1989 (Çaka 1910) and Candi Narmada at Batu Klotok, Panca Walikrama in Lake Batur and Tri Bhuana Ritual in 1993, Eka Bhuana Ritual in 1996 in the courtyard of Besakih Temple as a series of the Eka Dasa Rudra. (Dr. I Wayan Wastawa—lecturer at IHDN Denpasar)

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senator Luther Strange in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. September 22, 2017.

Trump clashes with sports world over player protests, invitation

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and the sports world engaged in an intensifying spat on Saturday after he called for National Football League owners to fire players who protest during the U.S. national anthem and disinvited a National Basketball Association star from a White House visit.

Responding to Trump’s attacks on football players who protested during the national anthem, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Saturday Trump’s statements revealed “unfortunate lack of respect” for the NFL and its players.

Goodell’s statement was released a day after Trump suggested any protesting football player was a “son of a bitch” and should lose his job.

“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now ... He is fired’,” Trump said on Friday at a rally for Alabama Senate Republican candidate Luther Strange.

Trump said in Twitter messages later on Saturday

that, if NFL players wanted “the privilege” of high salaries, they “should stand for the National Anthem.

If not, YOU’RE FIRED. Find something else to do!”

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick stirred a polarizing national debate in 2016 after refusing to stand during pre-game renditions of the “Star Spangled Banner.”

Instead, Kaepernick put one knee to the ground to protest against police violence against AfricanAmericans. Several players have since made similar gestures of protest before games.

As commissioner, Goodell reports to NFL owners, some of whom have supported Trump in the past. New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, a major Trump presidential campaign donor, was confirmed by the Senate last month as Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to Britain.

The union representing professional football players also rejected Trump’s comments, saying it would defend their right to freedom of expression.

The White House could not be reached immediately to comment on the statements by Goodell or the union. (rtr)

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Germans warned against apathy as Merkel heads for fourth term

BERLIN - Germans were urged to vote in a national election on Sunday in which a seemingly assured fourth term for Chancellor Angela Merkel risks being overshadowed by a far-right party entering parliament for the first time in more than half a century.

After shock election results last year, from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union to the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, many look to Merkel to rally a bruised liberal Western order, tasking her with leading a post-Brexit Europe.

Writing in the mass-market Bild am Sonntag newspaper, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned Germans against letting others decide the future of their country by failing to vote.

“It has perhaps never been as clear that the elections are about the future of democracy and Europe,” he wrote, amid polls showing that as many as a third of Germans were undecided.

“If you don’t vote, others decide.”

In Germany’s proportional election system, low turn-out can boost smaller parties, such as the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), giving them more seats from the same number of votes.

In regional elections last year, Merkel’s conservatives suffered setbacks to the AfD, which profited from resentment at her 2015 decision to open German borders to more than one million migrants.

Those setbacks made Merkel, a pastor’s daughter who grew up in Communist East Germany, wonder if she should even run for re-election.

But with the migrant issue under control this year, she has bounced back and thrown herself into a punishing campaign schedule, presenting herself as an anchor of stability in an uncertain world.

Visibly happier, Merkel campaigned with renewed conviction: a resolve to re-tool the economy for the digital age, to head off future migrant crises, and to defend a Western order shaken by Trump’s victory last November. (rtr)

dozens of buildings and killed over 300 people.

The temblor, Mexico’s worst since a 1985 quake killed thousands, may have left some 30,000 badly damaged homes in the adjacent states of Morelos and Puebla and economic losses of $4 billion to $8 billion.

But authorities called off efforts in the upper-middle class Linda Vista zone, after pulling ten bodies from the rubble, while work at the Tlalpan-based apartment building

was briefly halted on Saturday due to a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that shook southern Mexico and spread fear in the capital.

“In Tlalpan, there is still a possibility of finding people alive.

It’s URGENT,” read a meme passed around Saturday on social networks.

The government’s response to the disaster is under close scrutiny ahead of a presidential election next year.

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Indonesia highlights right to freedom of religion at the UN

NEW York - Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi, as one of the panelists at the Trygve Lie Annual Symposium held by the International Peace Institute (IPI), highlighted the right to freedom of religion. The symposium was held on the sidelines of the 72nd United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, Thursday. The Trygve Lie Annual Symposium on Fundamental Freedom was held at the UN Plaza and was the outcome of cooperation between the IPI and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was initiated in 2008.

While addressing the symposium participants from various international communities, Marsudi stated that Indonesia was the worlds largest Muslim-majority country, in which 85 percent of the total population of 260 million had converted to Islam. Indonesia is also home to people of different religious faiths, including Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

“Tolerance has kept Indonesia united as a country. Hence, our efforts to protect the right to freedom of religion and peace must go hand-in-hand with our priority to maintain tolerance,” Marsudi emphasized. The minister believed that encouraging the spirit of tolerance as well as freedom of religion and belief was an effective strategy to countering extremism in the name of religion.

“Religious extremists have misinterpreted religion to justify their inhumane policies,” she stated.

The humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State, Myanmar, was one of the issues raised during the symposium.

Norwegian Foreign Affairs Minister Borge Brende, who was also a speaker at the event, underlined that the Rohingya are not an ethnic majority in Myanmar but an important ethnic group for the global community. The UN believes the Rohingya Muslims are one of the most persecuted ethnic minority groups in the world.

Brende said human rights are universal, and it is impossible to separate their right to freedom of religion or belief from the most fundamental civil and political rights, including the rights to life, privacy, and freedom of assembly and expression. “Collective religious hatred is not a natural phenomenon, but it is caused by human action.

We cannot allow it to continue, and it is our moral duty to work to find

a solution,” he stated.

During the symposium, IPI President Terje Rod-Larsen called on Marsudi to share the findings of her diplomatic trips to Myanmar and Bangladesh on the humanitarian crisis in Rakhine. “I call it a marathon of diplomacy,” Marsudi noted. On Sept 3-5, Marsudi had flown to Myanmar to meet the countrys military chief and state advisor, several ministers, UN representatives, and the ambassador in Yangoon and Naypyidaw.

During a meeting with State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, Marsudi proposed the 4+1 formula to resolve the crisis in Rakhine State. The four elements of the formula comprise restoring stability and security, maximizing self-restraint and no use of force, protecting all citizens of Myanmar regardless of ethnicity and religion, as well as the importance of opening immediate access for humanitarian assistance.

Marsudi said it would be the

responsibility of the government of Myanmar to implement the four elements of the formula.

Meanwhile, the one plus element aims to immediately implement the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State led by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan. “What the international community can do is to provide humanitarian assistance and implement Annans report,” she remarked.

Marsudi thereafter continued her trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh, to meet the Bangladeshi foreign affairs minister, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and International Organization for Migration to provide information on the evolving situation of Rohingya refugees on the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh. The other panelists included United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Raad Al Hussein and Executive Director of the Minority Rights Group Mark Lattimer. (ant)

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Election posters of German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Party CDU and Social Democratic Party SPD leader and top candidate Martin Schulz are seen in Hamburg, Germany, September 24, 2017.

Hopes for Mexico quake survivors dim as search enters 6th day

MEXICO CITY - Emergency workers searched by floodlight in smashed buildings for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in 32 years amid fading rescue prospects, five nights after the disaster and as President Enrique Pena Nieto urged Mexicans to turn their attention to rebuilding.

The search continued in a ruined office building in Mexico City’s hip Roma neighborhood and a fivestory apartment in historic Tlalpan after Tuesday’s 7.1 quake toppled

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the thousands left homeless by Tuesday’s quake with critics saying the government reaction pales in comparison to an outpouring of volunteer support, from rescue work to food donations.

When Tuesday’s quake hit, Mexico was already reeling from a Sept. 7 earthquake that killed at least 98 people and was the strongest in the country in 85 years.

Aftershocks on Saturday spread fear among Mexico’s traumatized population, and a plume of ash

spewed from the Popocatepetl volcano in another reminder of the country’s volatile geology.

President Enrique Pena Nieto sought to hit back against the criticism, highlighting government aid for survivors on a tour Saturday of Jiquipilas in the poor Southern state of Chiapas, which was badly hit by the Sept. 7 quake.

“Be assured that the federal government is here, the state and local governments, supporting you, hand in hand, to rebuild,” he said. (rtr)

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Indonesian Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017.

Drought dries out several springs in South Karawang

KARAWANG - Several springs in South Karawang near Pangkalan Sub-district, Karawang District, West Java, have dried up during the current drought.

“Not only springs but rivers in our region have also dried up. The local inhabitants have been facing a shortage of clean water,” Usep Supriatna, the Pangkalan sub-district head, said here, Saturday.

Eight villages have been hit by the drought, and some 10 thousand people have been affected over the last several weeks, he revealed.

The Pangkalan authorities have urged the Karawang district administration to supply clean water to the drought-hit villages.

“The BPBD (local disaster mitigation office) has provided clean water to our regions several times,” he noted.

According to data of Karawangs BPBD, the drought has affected 30 villages in the district, an increase from 25 villages last year. Karawang is annually hit by drought during the dry season. (ant)

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Winner of “dirtiest race in history” Alptekin banned for life - Anadolu

ISTANBUL - Asli Cakir Alptekin, who won Olympic gold at London 2012 before being stripped of the title, has been banned for life by the Turkish Athletics Federation for a third doping offence, staterun Anadolu news agency have reported.

Alptekin won the 1500 metres title in London, a race where six of the first nine finishers have served drugs bans before or since, leading some to refer to it as the “dirtiest race in history”.

The 32-year-old was stripped of her 2012 Olympic and European titles in 2015 and suspended for eight years by the Turkish Athletics Federation.

She returned to the track this year, however, after the ban was halved and its start date backdated to 2013.

She finished 11th in the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country event in Portugal in February.

“Asli Cakir, who wrote history by winning a gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics, has received her third punishment for doping,” Anadolu said on Friday.

“We will never ever give ground to those who become involved in doping. Everyone should know this,” Turkish Athletics Federation Chairman Fatih Cintimar told Anadolu.

The IAAF, athletics’ governing body, have not responded to a Reuters request to confirm the suspension. (rtr)

Kerta Village as Embryo of Tourism Village in Gianyar

GIANYAR - Kerta village located in Payangan subdistrict, Gianyar, has many potentials as an agro-tourist attraction. On that account, residents of the village are intensively promoting tourism development model integrated with tangerine agriculture (agro-tourism). Direct economic transactions will be created from tourism activities to farmers, as customary village communities.

Potential of this village lies in tangerine agro-tourism. Tangerine growers are also very vivacious.

Moreover, the support of beautiful natural scenery with the view of the Ayung River valley can provide a variety of point of interests for travelers.

“Our village will develop tangerine agro-tourism,” said Wayan Candri, a Kerta villager.

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Almost all residents of Kerta customary village are tangerine growers.

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activities. Moreover, the village has Buddha statue attraction having been visited by many people.

Kerta village is very fertile with abundant water sources, terraced paddy fields offering very charming plantation landscape and agricultural potential as the route of trekking.

Along the trekking path travelers will encounter various types of birds with melodious singings that will help refresh the mind. It can become an ideal resting place for foreign and domestic travelers.

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by Kerta village is supported by its strategic geographical location, close to Ubud tourist area. Armed with good accessibility and hot mix road infrastructure, it can be easily reached from tourism centers having well grown like Ubud, Batuan,

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Nadal and Federer team up to widen Europe’s lead in Laver Cup

PRAGUE - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal took care of business in their singles matches before teaming up in an eagerly anticipated doubles pairing to extend Europe’s lead over players from the rest of the world in the inaugural Laver Cup on Saturday.

The new team tennis event, kicking off in Prague and moving to the United States next year, was a first chance for the world’s top two players to play competitively side by side.

Putting aside a rivalry rekindled this season after Spaniard Nadal and Swiss Federer swept all four grand slams, the pair outlasted and outclassed Americans Sam Querrey and Jack Sock to win 6-4 1-6 1-0(10-5) in the weekend’s headline match.

The doubles victory put Team Europe up 9-3 going into the final day when the four matches are each worth three points.

“We will always forever be rivals as long as we are active. And after this we will be rivals again,” said Federer, ranked number two in the world and holder of 19 career grand slam titles to top-ranked

Nadal’s 16.

“But this was something very special. Knowing you can trust him in the big moments, seeing his decision-making, seeing his thought process, it was very interesting.”

“It was definitely a different day to other days in my life,” he added.

The Laver Cup, named after Australian tennis hero Rod Laver, is attempting to add new excitement to the sport in an already crowded calendar and was the brainchild of Federer and his sports management company Team8.

The Europeans are the clear favourites with five of the world’s top seven players and have won five of the six singles matches in the first two days.

In Saturday’s first match, Federer cruised through 6-4 6-2 against

world number 16 Querrey.

Nadal then glided through his first set before the hard-hitting Sock fought back to force a third set, which under the event’s rules is a rapid-fire, 10-point tiebreak.

Sock, who had teamed up with Australian Nick Kyrgios on Friday to take down Nadal and Czech Tomas Berdych to get Team World’s only point on the opening day, again had to claw his way out of a hole.

But Nadal kept his nerve and ended the match with a winner at the net on the sleek, black hardcourt at O2 Arena to win 6-3 3-6 1-0(11-9).

In the evening session, Kyrgios defeated Berdych, taking late control to win 4-6 7-6(4) 1-0(10-6).

Nadal and Federer capped the evening with a thrilling win over Querrey and Sock, even after an early miscue almost caused Nadal to hit his partner as they both went for an overhead smash.

“We played with too much energy, so went for everything,” Nadal said of the near-miss.

After Federer served to take the first set, the American pair flew through the second 6-1 with some big serves.

Two crushing winners at the net

by Nadal gave him and Federer

the momentum to take them easily through the tiebreak.

Despite questions over competitiveness most matches have been tight and players have shown their approval. (rtr)

REUTERS/David W Cerny

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer of team Europe in action against Jack Sock and Sam Querrey of team World. Picture taken September 23, 2017.

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Barcelona’s Luis Suarez celebrates scoring their third goal

saving a late penalty to secure Liverpool’s victory at a ground where they have struggled in recent years.

“I loved how we fought for the result. It could have been more clear but after a few games without a win you have to fight back,” Klopp said.

“I really think in a moment like this so many things are positive. The three points are the proof for the public that we are still here, everything is good.

Let’s make the next step together.”

That seemed a belated acknowledgment that the pressure on him has been building up since the 5-0 thrashing at Manchester City a fortnight ago and the underwhelming 1-1 draw with Burnley last weekend. Among the pluses on Saturday was the second-half performance of Daniel Sturridge, who came on for Roberto Firmino and played a major part in Jordan Henderson’s goal.

Despite conceding two goals, and Mignolet’s mistimed kick at Jamie Vardy for the penalty, Liverpool’s defence looked more effective than usual and the team now make the trek to Spartak Moscow for Tuesday’s Champions League Group E game hoping they have turned a corner. Whether they would have done so without Coutinho pushing them is another matter. (rtr)

REUTERS/Albert Gea

Suarez celebrates century game in style

MADRID - Lionel Messi was the star of Barcelona’s blistering start to the season yet with the Argentine suffering a rare off night and big-money signing Ousmane Dembele missing through injury, it was Luis Suarez who claimed the headlines in his 100th Liga appearance for the club on Saturday.

The Uruguayan sealed a comfortable 3-0 victory over Catalan rivals Girona with a clinical finish late on to reach a remarkable tally of 87 goals in his century of league games.

The figures are all the more impressive given that it took Suarez almost two months to break his duck in Catalonia and that his form has been erratic this season.

Before Saturday, he had just one league goal to his name and he sat out Tuesday’s 6-1 thrashing of Eibar.

Anything Sane can do, Sterling can do better as City run riot

Coutinho shows why he is priceless to Liverpool If anyone was still wondering why Liverpool spurned Barcelona’s bids for Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho, his part in Saturday’s 3-2 win over Leicester City provided the answer. Almost everybody in the stadium, including Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel, knew what was likely to happen next as Coutinho stepped up to place the ball carefully for a freekick 25 metres out midway through the first half.

Then came a quick look up, a pinpoint shot and the familiar ripple inside the post before the keeper arrived a micro-second too late. It was Coutinho’s 16th Premier League goal from outside the area and demonstrated why he is priceless to Liverpool. Eight minutes earlier Coutinho had delivered an equally precise curling cross to Mo Salah at the far post for the visitors’ opener.

In the absence of the suspended Sadio Mane, Coutinho was back as part of a front three, where he performed best last season, and Leicester never came to terms with his trickery or vision. The Brazilian was deservedly named man of the match. Manager Juergen Klopp was delighted with the way his side clung on, with Simon Mignolet

“It’s important for a forward who lives for goals to score. We’re delighted for him but it’s also important to point out that when he hasn’t been scoring he has been giving us other, important things: hard work, a team player, linking play,” said technical secretary Robert Fernandez of Suarez after the game.

A controversial figure, having twice been banned for biting opponents, Suarez has been a mainstay in the Barca frontline since joining from Liverpool in 2014.

Known for his tireless work ethic, he has also laid on 51 goals in the league for team mates with his 100 games comprising 77 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses.

“Forwards live for goals. They can be low on confidence at times but they score and everything changes,” coach Ernesto Valverde said of Suarez.

“His relationship with scoring goals is good for us.

We’re delighted with how many chances he’s able to create.” (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho celebrates scoring their second goal

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Juventus’ Paulo Dybala celebrates scoring their first goal with Blaise Matuidi

Dybala scores twice against self-destructing Torino

MILAN - Paulo Dybala scored two goals, taking his tally to 10 in six league games, to lead Juventus to a 4-0 win over self-destructing neighbours Torino and maintain their perfect start in Serie A on Saturday. Napoli also notched up their sixth straight win, beating SPAL 3-2 after Faouzi Ghoulam’s late goal saw off a brave challenge from their promoted opponents. Napoli, last season’s top scorers, have hit 22 goals already and lead champions Juve on goal difference with both sides on a maximum 18 points.

Juventus had little trouble in dispatching Torino in the Derby della Mole as their opponents gifted them the opening goal and had a player sent off before the half hour.

Torino defender Lyanco set the tone in the fourth minute when he sent a misplaced back pass towards his own goal and was saved only by goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu’s des-

perate sliding clearance.

The visitors were in more trouble in the 16th minute when midfielder Tomas Rincon was dispossessed by Miralem Pjanic who slipped the ball to Dybala for the Argentine to fire Juve into the lead. It got even worse for Torino when Daniele Baselli, having already been booked, flew wildly at Pjanic with his knees raised and was dismissed with only 25 minutes gone. The game effectively ended as a contest when Pjanic swept in Juan Cuadrado’s pass five minutes before halftime.

Alex Sandro headed the third from Pjanic’s corner in the 57th minute and Torino kept the score down only thanks to a string of outstanding saves from Sirigu. He was eventually beaten for a fourth time when Dybala got clear of the Torino defence in stoppage time to dink the ball over the 30-year-old.

Napoli had to come from behind on

their way to a club-record eleventh consecutive league win.

Pasquale Schiattarella gave SPAL a shock lead in the 13th minute but Lorenzo Insigne equalised one minute later. Jose Callejon headed Napoli in front in the 71st minute only for SPAL to hit back seven minutes later when Federico Viviani curled in a free kick. Napoli refused to give up and Ghoulam settled matters with a fine solo effort, the Algerian running at the SPAL defence and cutting inside to finish with his right foot.

Two goals from Stephan El Shaarawy helped fourth-placed AS Roma to a comfortable 3-1 win at home to Udinese after Edin Dzeko had opened the scoring for last season’s runners-up. Diego Perotti missed a penalty for Roma before Jens Stryger Larsen scored a lastminute consolation for Udinese. (kmb33/rtr)

LONDON - With a myriad of attacking options at his disposal, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is spoilt for choice and the Spaniard allowed himself the luxury of leaving Gabriel Jesus on the bench for Saturday’s 5-0 home win over Crystal Palace.

Seeing such talent on the sidelines can spur on those given a starting berth and so it proved as Leroy Sane netted a superb opener –- the German’s second fine goal of the week after his stunner against West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup on Wednesday.

Not be outdone, up stepped Raheem Sterling and before the hour mark he had scored twice to take his season’s tally to five Premier League goals –- two fewer than he managed all last season.

Sterling possesses many facets

to his game, and has the ability to become one of England’s leading lights, but he had not really taken off at Manchester until Saturday.

“Last season (Sterling) played awesome, he played really good,” Guardiola said in late August.

“But for Liverpool, he played an outstanding season (2013-14) with Luis Suarez and the others.”

No City player completed more sprints than Sane’s 66 against Palace at the Etihad but 48 from Sterling, despite him coming off in the 59th minute, is also mightily impressive. Only Kyle Walker reached a faster top speed for City.

With Sergio Aguero at the top of his game once more, and Jesus back to full fitness and firing on all cylinders, City have a potent attack that most teams simply cannot handle. (rtr)

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Barcelona’s Luis Suarez celebrates scoring their third goal

saving a late penalty to secure Liverpool’s victory at a ground where they have struggled in recent years.

“I loved how we fought for the result. It could have been more clear but after a few games without a win you have to fight back,” Klopp said.

“I really think in a moment like this so many things are positive. The three points are the proof for the public that we are still here, everything is good.

Let’s make the next step together.”

That seemed a belated acknowledgment that the pressure on him has been building up since the 5-0 thrashing at Manchester City a fortnight ago and the underwhelming 1-1 draw with Burnley last weekend. Among the pluses on Saturday was the second-half performance of Daniel Sturridge, who came on for Roberto Firmino and played a major part in Jordan Henderson’s goal.

Despite conceding two goals, and Mignolet’s mistimed kick at Jamie Vardy for the penalty, Liverpool’s defence looked more effective than usual and the team now make the trek to Spartak Moscow for Tuesday’s Champions League Group E game hoping they have turned a corner. Whether they would have done so without Coutinho pushing them is another matter. (rtr)

REUTERS/Albert Gea

Suarez celebrates century game in style

MADRID - Lionel Messi was the star of Barcelona’s blistering start to the season yet with the Argentine suffering a rare off night and big-money signing Ousmane Dembele missing through injury, it was Luis Suarez who claimed the headlines in his 100th Liga appearance for the club on Saturday.

The Uruguayan sealed a comfortable 3-0 victory over Catalan rivals Girona with a clinical finish late on to reach a remarkable tally of 87 goals in his century of league games.

The figures are all the more impressive given that it took Suarez almost two months to break his duck in Catalonia and that his form has been erratic this season.

Before Saturday, he had just one league goal to his name and he sat out Tuesday’s 6-1 thrashing of Eibar.

Anything Sane can do, Sterling can do better as City run riot

Coutinho shows why he is priceless to Liverpool If anyone was still wondering why Liverpool spurned Barcelona’s bids for Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho, his part in Saturday’s 3-2 win over Leicester City provided the answer. Almost everybody in the stadium, including Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel, knew what was likely to happen next as Coutinho stepped up to place the ball carefully for a freekick 25 metres out midway through the first half.

Then came a quick look up, a pinpoint shot and the familiar ripple inside the post before the keeper arrived a micro-second too late. It was Coutinho’s 16th Premier League goal from outside the area and demonstrated why he is priceless to Liverpool. Eight minutes earlier Coutinho had delivered an equally precise curling cross to Mo Salah at the far post for the visitors’ opener.

In the absence of the suspended Sadio Mane, Coutinho was back as part of a front three, where he performed best last season, and Leicester never came to terms with his trickery or vision. The Brazilian was deservedly named man of the match. Manager Juergen Klopp was delighted with the way his side clung on, with Simon Mignolet

“It’s important for a forward who lives for goals to score. We’re delighted for him but it’s also important to point out that when he hasn’t been scoring he has been giving us other, important things: hard work, a team player, linking play,” said technical secretary Robert Fernandez of Suarez after the game.

A controversial figure, having twice been banned for biting opponents, Suarez has been a mainstay in the Barca frontline since joining from Liverpool in 2014.

Known for his tireless work ethic, he has also laid on 51 goals in the league for team mates with his 100 games comprising 77 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses.

“Forwards live for goals. They can be low on confidence at times but they score and everything changes,” coach Ernesto Valverde said of Suarez.

“His relationship with scoring goals is good for us.

We’re delighted with how many chances he’s able to create.” (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho celebrates scoring their second goal

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REUTERS/Massimo Pinca

Juventus’ Paulo Dybala celebrates scoring their first goal with Blaise Matuidi

Dybala scores twice against self-destructing Torino

MILAN - Paulo Dybala scored two goals, taking his tally to 10 in six league games, to lead Juventus to a 4-0 win over self-destructing neighbours Torino and maintain their perfect start in Serie A on Saturday. Napoli also notched up their sixth straight win, beating SPAL 3-2 after Faouzi Ghoulam’s late goal saw off a brave challenge from their promoted opponents. Napoli, last season’s top scorers, have hit 22 goals already and lead champions Juve on goal difference with both sides on a maximum 18 points.

Juventus had little trouble in dispatching Torino in the Derby della Mole as their opponents gifted them the opening goal and had a player sent off before the half hour.

Torino defender Lyanco set the tone in the fourth minute when he sent a misplaced back pass towards his own goal and was saved only by goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu’s des-

perate sliding clearance.

The visitors were in more trouble in the 16th minute when midfielder Tomas Rincon was dispossessed by Miralem Pjanic who slipped the ball to Dybala for the Argentine to fire Juve into the lead. It got even worse for Torino when Daniele Baselli, having already been booked, flew wildly at Pjanic with his knees raised and was dismissed with only 25 minutes gone. The game effectively ended as a contest when Pjanic swept in Juan Cuadrado’s pass five minutes before halftime.

Alex Sandro headed the third from Pjanic’s corner in the 57th minute and Torino kept the score down only thanks to a string of outstanding saves from Sirigu. He was eventually beaten for a fourth time when Dybala got clear of the Torino defence in stoppage time to dink the ball over the 30-year-old.

Napoli had to come from behind on

their way to a club-record eleventh consecutive league win.

Pasquale Schiattarella gave SPAL a shock lead in the 13th minute but Lorenzo Insigne equalised one minute later. Jose Callejon headed Napoli in front in the 71st minute only for SPAL to hit back seven minutes later when Federico Viviani curled in a free kick. Napoli refused to give up and Ghoulam settled matters with a fine solo effort, the Algerian running at the SPAL defence and cutting inside to finish with his right foot.

Two goals from Stephan El Shaarawy helped fourth-placed AS Roma to a comfortable 3-1 win at home to Udinese after Edin Dzeko had opened the scoring for last season’s runners-up. Diego Perotti missed a penalty for Roma before Jens Stryger Larsen scored a lastminute consolation for Udinese. (kmb33/rtr)

LONDON - With a myriad of attacking options at his disposal, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is spoilt for choice and the Spaniard allowed himself the luxury of leaving Gabriel Jesus on the bench for Saturday’s 5-0 home win over Crystal Palace.

Seeing such talent on the sidelines can spur on those given a starting berth and so it proved as Leroy Sane netted a superb opener –- the German’s second fine goal of the week after his stunner against West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup on Wednesday.

Not be outdone, up stepped Raheem Sterling and before the hour mark he had scored twice to take his season’s tally to five Premier League goals –- two fewer than he managed all last season.

Sterling possesses many facets

to his game, and has the ability to become one of England’s leading lights, but he had not really taken off at Manchester until Saturday.

“Last season (Sterling) played awesome, he played really good,” Guardiola said in late August.

“But for Liverpool, he played an outstanding season (2013-14) with Luis Suarez and the others.”

No City player completed more sprints than Sane’s 66 against Palace at the Etihad but 48 from Sterling, despite him coming off in the 59th minute, is also mightily impressive. Only Kyle Walker reached a faster top speed for City.

With Sergio Aguero at the top of his game once more, and Jesus back to full fitness and firing on all cylinders, City have a potent attack that most teams simply cannot handle. (rtr)

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Winner of “dirtiest race in history” Alptekin banned for life - Anadolu

ISTANBUL - Asli Cakir Alptekin, who won Olympic gold at London 2012 before being stripped of the title, has been banned for life by the Turkish Athletics Federation for a third doping offence, staterun Anadolu news agency have reported.

Alptekin won the 1500 metres title in London, a race where six of the first nine finishers have served drugs bans before or since, leading some to refer to it as the “dirtiest race in history”.

The 32-year-old was stripped of her 2012 Olympic and European titles in 2015 and suspended for eight years by the Turkish Athletics Federation.

She returned to the track this year, however, after the ban was halved and its start date backdated to 2013.

She finished 11th in the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country event in Portugal in February.

“Asli Cakir, who wrote history by winning a gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics, has received her third punishment for doping,” Anadolu said on Friday.

“We will never ever give ground to those who become involved in doping. Everyone should know this,” Turkish Athletics Federation Chairman Fatih Cintimar told Anadolu.

The IAAF, athletics’ governing body, have not responded to a Reuters request to confirm the suspension. (rtr)

Kerta Village as Embryo of Tourism Village in Gianyar

GIANYAR - Kerta village located in Payangan subdistrict, Gianyar, has many potentials as an agro-tourist attraction. On that account, residents of the village are intensively promoting tourism development model integrated with tangerine agriculture (agro-tourism). Direct economic transactions will be created from tourism activities to farmers, as customary village communities.

Potential of this village lies in tangerine agro-tourism. Tangerine growers are also very vivacious.

Moreover, the support of beautiful natural scenery with the view of the Ayung River valley can provide a variety of point of interests for travelers.

“Our village will develop tangerine agro-tourism,” said Wayan Candri, a Kerta villager.

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Nadal and Federer team up to widen Europe’s lead in Laver Cup

PRAGUE - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal took care of business in their singles matches before teaming up in an eagerly anticipated doubles pairing to extend Europe’s lead over players from the rest of the world in the inaugural Laver Cup on Saturday.

The new team tennis event, kicking off in Prague and moving to the United States next year, was a first chance for the world’s top two players to play competitively side by side.

Putting aside a rivalry rekindled this season after Spaniard Nadal and Swiss Federer swept all four grand slams, the pair outlasted and outclassed Americans Sam Querrey and Jack Sock to win 6-4 1-6 1-0(10-5) in the weekend’s headline match.

The doubles victory put Team Europe up 9-3 going into the final day when the four matches are each worth three points.

“We will always forever be rivals as long as we are active. And after this we will be rivals again,” said Federer, ranked number two in the world and holder of 19 career grand slam titles to top-ranked

Nadal’s 16.

“But this was something very special. Knowing you can trust him in the big moments, seeing his decision-making, seeing his thought process, it was very interesting.”

“It was definitely a different day to other days in my life,” he added.

The Laver Cup, named after Australian tennis hero Rod Laver, is attempting to add new excitement to the sport in an already crowded calendar and was the brainchild of Federer and his sports management company Team8.

The Europeans are the clear favourites with five of the world’s top seven players and have won five of the six singles matches in the first two days.

In Saturday’s first match, Federer cruised through 6-4 6-2 against

world number 16 Querrey.

Nadal then glided through his first set before the hard-hitting Sock fought back to force a third set, which under the event’s rules is a rapid-fire, 10-point tiebreak.

Sock, who had teamed up with Australian Nick Kyrgios on Friday to take down Nadal and Czech Tomas Berdych to get Team World’s only point on the opening day, again had to claw his way out of a hole.

But Nadal kept his nerve and ended the match with a winner at the net on the sleek, black hardcourt at O2 Arena to win 6-3 3-6 1-0(11-9).

In the evening session, Kyrgios defeated Berdych, taking late control to win 4-6 7-6(4) 1-0(10-6).

Nadal and Federer capped the evening with a thrilling win over Querrey and Sock, even after an early miscue almost caused Nadal to hit his partner as they both went for an overhead smash.

“We played with too much energy, so went for everything,” Nadal said of the near-miss.

After Federer served to take the first set, the American pair flew through the second 6-1 with some big serves.

Two crushing winners at the net

by Nadal gave him and Federer

the momentum to take them easily through the tiebreak.

Despite questions over competitiveness most matches have been tight and players have shown their approval. (rtr)

REUTERS/David W Cerny

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer of team Europe in action against Jack Sock and Sam Querrey of team World. Picture taken September 23, 2017.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senator Luther Strange in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. September 22, 2017.

Trump clashes with sports world over player protests, invitation

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and the sports world engaged in an intensifying spat on Saturday after he called for National Football League owners to fire players who protest during the U.S. national anthem and disinvited a National Basketball Association star from a White House visit.

Responding to Trump’s attacks on football players who protested during the national anthem, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Saturday Trump’s statements revealed “unfortunate lack of respect” for the NFL and its players.

Goodell’s statement was released a day after Trump suggested any protesting football player was a “son of a bitch” and should lose his job.

“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now ... He is fired’,” Trump said on Friday at a rally for Alabama Senate Republican candidate Luther Strange.

Trump said in Twitter messages later on Saturday

that, if NFL players wanted “the privilege” of high salaries, they “should stand for the National Anthem.

If not, YOU’RE FIRED. Find something else to do!”

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick stirred a polarizing national debate in 2016 after refusing to stand during pre-game renditions of the “Star Spangled Banner.”

Instead, Kaepernick put one knee to the ground to protest against police violence against AfricanAmericans. Several players have since made similar gestures of protest before games.

As commissioner, Goodell reports to NFL owners, some of whom have supported Trump in the past. New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, a major Trump presidential campaign donor, was confirmed by the Senate last month as Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to Britain.

The union representing professional football players also rejected Trump’s comments, saying it would defend their right to freedom of expression.

The White House could not be reached immediately to comment on the statements by Goodell or the union. (rtr)

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Germans warned against apathy as Merkel heads for fourth term

BERLIN - Germans were urged to vote in a national election on Sunday in which a seemingly assured fourth term for Chancellor Angela Merkel risks being overshadowed by a far-right party entering parliament for the first time in more than half a century.

After shock election results last year, from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union to the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, many look to Merkel to rally a bruised liberal Western order, tasking her with leading a post-Brexit Europe.

Writing in the mass-market Bild am Sonntag newspaper, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned Germans against letting others decide the future of their country by failing to vote.

“It has perhaps never been as clear that the elections are about the future of democracy and Europe,” he wrote, amid polls showing that as many as a third of Germans were undecided.

“If you don’t vote, others decide.”

In Germany’s proportional election system, low turn-out can boost smaller parties, such as the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), giving them more seats from the same number of votes.

In regional elections last year, Merkel’s conservatives suffered setbacks to the AfD, which profited from resentment at her 2015 decision to open German borders to more than one million migrants.

Those setbacks made Merkel, a pastor’s daughter who grew up in Communist East Germany, wonder if she should even run for re-election.

But with the migrant issue under control this year, she has bounced back and thrown herself into a punishing campaign schedule, presenting herself as an anchor of stability in an uncertain world.

Visibly happier, Merkel campaigned with renewed conviction: a resolve to re-tool the economy for the digital age, to head off future migrant crises, and to defend a Western order shaken by Trump’s victory last November. (rtr)

dozens of buildings and killed over 300 people.

The temblor, Mexico’s worst since a 1985 quake killed thousands, may have left some 30,000 badly damaged homes in the adjacent states of Morelos and Puebla and economic losses of $4 billion to $8 billion.

But authorities called off efforts in the upper-middle class Linda Vista zone, after pulling ten bodies from the rubble, while work at the Tlalpan-based apartment building

was briefly halted on Saturday due to a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that shook southern Mexico and spread fear in the capital.

“In Tlalpan, there is still a possibility of finding people alive.

It’s URGENT,” read a meme passed around Saturday on social networks.

The government’s response to the disaster is under close scrutiny ahead of a presidential election next year.

Frustration has grown among

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Indonesia highlights right to freedom of religion at the UN

NEW York - Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi, as one of the panelists at the Trygve Lie Annual Symposium held by the International Peace Institute (IPI), highlighted the right to freedom of religion. The symposium was held on the sidelines of the 72nd United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, Thursday. The Trygve Lie Annual Symposium on Fundamental Freedom was held at the UN Plaza and was the outcome of cooperation between the IPI and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was initiated in 2008.

While addressing the symposium participants from various international communities, Marsudi stated that Indonesia was the worlds largest Muslim-majority country, in which 85 percent of the total population of 260 million had converted to Islam. Indonesia is also home to people of different religious faiths, including Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

“Tolerance has kept Indonesia united as a country. Hence, our efforts to protect the right to freedom of religion and peace must go hand-in-hand with our priority to maintain tolerance,” Marsudi emphasized. The minister believed that encouraging the spirit of tolerance as well as freedom of religion and belief was an effective strategy to countering extremism in the name of religion.

“Religious extremists have misinterpreted religion to justify their inhumane policies,” she stated.

The humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State, Myanmar, was one of the issues raised during the symposium.

Norwegian Foreign Affairs Minister Borge Brende, who was also a speaker at the event, underlined that the Rohingya are not an ethnic majority in Myanmar but an important ethnic group for the global community. The UN believes the Rohingya Muslims are one of the most persecuted ethnic minority groups in the world.

Brende said human rights are universal, and it is impossible to separate their right to freedom of religion or belief from the most fundamental civil and political rights, including the rights to life, privacy, and freedom of assembly and expression. “Collective religious hatred is not a natural phenomenon, but it is caused by human action.

We cannot allow it to continue, and it is our moral duty to work to find

a solution,” he stated.

During the symposium, IPI President Terje Rod-Larsen called on Marsudi to share the findings of her diplomatic trips to Myanmar and Bangladesh on the humanitarian crisis in Rakhine. “I call it a marathon of diplomacy,” Marsudi noted. On Sept 3-5, Marsudi had flown to Myanmar to meet the countrys military chief and state advisor, several ministers, UN representatives, and the ambassador in Yangoon and Naypyidaw.

During a meeting with State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, Marsudi proposed the 4+1 formula to resolve the crisis in Rakhine State. The four elements of the formula comprise restoring stability and security, maximizing self-restraint and no use of force, protecting all citizens of Myanmar regardless of ethnicity and religion, as well as the importance of opening immediate access for humanitarian assistance.

Marsudi said it would be the

responsibility of the government of Myanmar to implement the four elements of the formula.

Meanwhile, the one plus element aims to immediately implement the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State led by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan. “What the international community can do is to provide humanitarian assistance and implement Annans report,” she remarked.

Marsudi thereafter continued her trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh, to meet the Bangladeshi foreign affairs minister, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and International Organization for Migration to provide information on the evolving situation of Rohingya refugees on the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh. The other panelists included United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Raad Al Hussein and Executive Director of the Minority Rights Group Mark Lattimer. (ant)

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Election posters of German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Party CDU and Social Democratic Party SPD leader and top candidate Martin Schulz are seen in Hamburg, Germany, September 24, 2017.

Hopes for Mexico quake survivors dim as search enters 6th day

MEXICO CITY - Emergency workers searched by floodlight in smashed buildings for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in 32 years amid fading rescue prospects, five nights after the disaster and as President Enrique Pena Nieto urged Mexicans to turn their attention to rebuilding.

The search continued in a ruined office building in Mexico City’s hip Roma neighborhood and a fivestory apartment in historic Tlalpan after Tuesday’s 7.1 quake toppled

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the thousands left homeless by Tuesday’s quake with critics saying the government reaction pales in comparison to an outpouring of volunteer support, from rescue work to food donations.

When Tuesday’s quake hit, Mexico was already reeling from a Sept. 7 earthquake that killed at least 98 people and was the strongest in the country in 85 years.

Aftershocks on Saturday spread fear among Mexico’s traumatized population, and a plume of ash

spewed from the Popocatepetl volcano in another reminder of the country’s volatile geology.

President Enrique Pena Nieto sought to hit back against the criticism, highlighting government aid for survivors on a tour Saturday of Jiquipilas in the poor Southern state of Chiapas, which was badly hit by the Sept. 7 quake.

“Be assured that the federal government is here, the state and local governments, supporting you, hand in hand, to rebuild,” he said. (rtr)

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Indonesian Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017.

Drought dries out several springs in South Karawang

KARAWANG - Several springs in South Karawang near Pangkalan Sub-district, Karawang District, West Java, have dried up during the current drought.

“Not only springs but rivers in our region have also dried up. The local inhabitants have been facing a shortage of clean water,” Usep Supriatna, the Pangkalan sub-district head, said here, Saturday.

Eight villages have been hit by the drought, and some 10 thousand people have been affected over the last several weeks, he revealed.

The Pangkalan authorities have urged the Karawang district administration to supply clean water to the drought-hit villages.

“The BPBD (local disaster mitigation office) has provided clean water to our regions several times,” he noted.

According to data of Karawangs BPBD, the drought has affected 30 villages in the district, an increase from 25 villages last year. Karawang is annually hit by drought during the dry season. (ant)

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BUSINESS Puerto Rico’s fragile economy dealt new blow by Maria

PUERTO RICO/NEW YORK Chan Lo is racing against the clock to save thousands of dollars of supplies at his sushi restaurant in San Juan’s Condado beachfront community. He has roughly $16,000-worth of perishable goods stored in his restaurant Nagoya Sushi & Tiki Bar - in jeopardy as the battered island waits for power and water to be re-established. “I give it about three or four days maximum if the (power) doesn’t come back on and there are no generators available,” he said. “Everything will have to be thrown out.”

Puerto Rico’s economy was already fragile before Hurricane Maria barreled into the island, but the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in nearly 90 years could inflict heavy damage on the island’s health. Small businesses like Lo’s will be a significant part of the recovery, as they account for 80 percent of all private sector workers, according to a New York Federal Reserve report. And getting energy to them, and to manufacturers and hotels and other engines of the economy will be crucial for the island’s ability to bounce back. After Maria made landfall midweek on the island of 3.4 million people as a major Category 4 hurricane, the storm’s wind and water downed nearly all power and communications.

Governor Ricardo Rossello said the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s grid was so severely hit by the storm that it could be months before electricity is restored to all customers.

Making matters worse, PREPA has been in bankruptcy since July. Disaster modeler Enki Research estimates damage to the island at $30 billion, with $20 billion in direct physical damage and $10 billion in economic impact.

“Puerto Rico is in a precarious state,” said Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler at Enki.

‘A MEASURABLE IMPACT’ Puerto Rico has none of the economic might of other places hit hard in this active hurricane season, like the states of Texas and Florida. The island has spent most of the last ten years in recession. Its GDP shrank by more than one percent for seven of the last 10 years through 2016, the poverty rate is over 40 percent and unemployment stands at 10 percent. The chaos unleashed by the breakdown in basic services, a lack of cash and gas shortages has put many businesses into limbo, and the short-term effects are likely to be severe. Some Puerto Ricans are, however, already looking ahead to the economic boost that could be delivered by investment in the recovery.

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An aerial view shows the damage to the Guajataca dam in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico September 23, 2017.

The timeliness of U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds will play into how quickly Puerto Rico gets back on its feet, said S&P Global Ratings analyst David Hitchcock. Meanwhile, the hurricane has pushed back the island’s bankruptcy process. Struggling under $72 billion in debt, Puerto Rico filed the biggest government bankruptcy in U.S. history earlier this year but that is now on the backburner, sources said on Thursday.

“This is an island that has been riddled with bad news,” said Jonathan Mondillo, Alpine Woods Capital Investors LLC, which holds insured Puerto Rican bonds. “It’s going to have a measurable impact on their economy locally.”

MANUFACTURING HEART In the aftermath of the storm, businesses both big and small around the island were assessing the damage and putting contingency plans in place. Puerto Rico boasts investments from a number of U.S. multinationals,

such as Wal-Mart, Amgen and Eli Lilly. A spokesman for Honeywell International Inc, said the company’s “folks on the ground are making sure everyone’s accounted for and what their needs are ... we’re still assessing the facilities.”

Manufacturing is still the heart of Puerto Rico’s economy and any blow to industry could have a significant impact. It makes up nearly 49 percent of the island’s GDP, according to a 2015 report from the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association.

But the manufacturing sector is much diminished after the U.S. Congress decided to gradually phase out a 1976 tax credit program. That program ended in 2006, after which many companies left and the island had lost nearly half of its manufacturing jobs by 2014.

HIT TO GROWING TOURISM Just as concerning to the island is likely to be the impact Hurricane Maria has caused to tourism - which will be especially hard felt

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since it was one area of the economy that had been growing. Travel and tourism had grown from 7.3 percent of GDP in 2014 to an estimated 8.4 percent in 2017 and was projected to rise to 10.7 percent by 2027, including direct and indirect spending, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council.

Hotels and resorts were struggling to stay open in the days after the hit. Reynaldo Rey, general manager of the AC Hotel San Juan, said businesses were facing a race against the clock if emergency power supplies and water ran out because generators would only keep hotels operating for a few days.

“Everything depends on when the supply lines are re-established,” Rey said. “We risk a complete shutdown.” Raul Brito, 24, a security guard for the state tourism agency in the capital’s upscale Condado neighborhood, said business was now in limbo at the worst time possible. “Companies don’t know if they are going to be able to start up again because they don’t know yet if they will have the money,” he said.(rtr)

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Besakih Temple Sits at the Foot of Mount Agung

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Mount Agung in Balinese language is also known as Giri To Langkir to express its majesty. Giri means ‘mountain,’ To means ‘person,’ while Langkir means ‘towering.’ R. Goris, a literary scholar, compares the word to meaning ‘person’ to the family of languages ??found in other places having almost identical spellings that indicate the original equation. For example, the people of Bugis, Makassar and Toraja mention the person with the word ‘tou’ or ‘tow,’ the Sasak people on Lombok Island say ‘tau,’ the Bima people on Sumbawa Island say ‘dou,’ while the Filipinos say ‘tawuw.’

The word Langkir in Sanskrit can also be interpreted as the Mahadev or Supreme God (Master Plan for the Besakih Temple Development). In the Sangkul Putih palm-leaf manuscript is mentioned: “… Kang um is the ring tolangkir Bhatara Pasupati Ngaran …” means: “… the deity abiding on Mount Agung is named Bhatara Pasupati …”

The word Tolangkir is derived from the word to (tu) meaning ‘honorable’ and langkir meaning ‘stepping’ or ‘the glorified or honored mountain’ as the abode of (Lord) Hyang Pasupati most honored by Balinese people (Pasar Agung Temple development committee). Mount Agung is called Giri To Langkir because of its size and height, another word for explaining the Supreme.

Considering the majesty of Mount Agung, it was then established the abode of Hyang Pasupati named Besakih Temple. Besakih Temple belongs to Sad Kahyangan (six main temples) of Bali. This temple consists of 86 groups of temples. This group is divided into 18 (eighteen) common temples, 4 Catur Lawa temples, 11 Padharman temples, 6 non-Padharman temples, 29 clan temples and 11 temples do not belong to the group.

All groups of the temples were built in stages. They were estimated to be first built by King Wira Dalem Kesari Warmadewa (913 AD), and then continued by Sri Kesari Warmadewa whose wife is Sri Gunapriya Dharmapatni (1007 AD). Rapid development occurred during the administration of Dalem Waturenggong where Danghyang Nirartha and Empu Kuturan played great role (Nala, 1996: 1).

Chronicle of Gunung Agung dated Çaka 11 noted the eruption in the same year and displacement of four mountains stated as Candra Sangkala or chronogram reading Rudhira Bumi. Rudhira and Bumi respectively means number 1 (one) so that Rudhira Bhumi means number 11 (eleven) or 89 AD. The Çaka Year 13 stated as chronogram of Gni Bhudara: Gni means ‘number three’ and Bhudara means ‘one,’ so that in the Çaka 13 meaning

92 AD it is said to erupt again.

The eruption caused a tremendous earthquake accompanied by incessant heavy rains day and night for two months.

READ Use of Animal Flesh in Ritual, To Fill in Offerings and Iber-iber in Clockwise Procession After that, Lord Putra Jaya, Lord Gni Jaya and Goddess Danuh came down to Bali. Among the three, Lord Putra Jaya is the most glorified with the title Lord Mahadev abiding on top of Mount Agung as Lord Shiva, then Lord Gni Jaya abides on top of Mount Lempuyang and Goddess of Danuh abides in Lake Batur worshipped as Lord Vishnu.

At Besakih Temple, there is worship for gods namely; Kiduling Kreteg Temple where to worship Lord Brahma; Gelap Temple (Lord Ishvara), Ulun Kulkul Temple (Lord Mahadev), and Batumadeg Temple (Lord Vishnu). Penataran Agung Temple is located in the middle because it is considered the most distinguished. Here is where Hindu devotees say prayers every year in the ceremony known as Bhatara Turun Kabeh falling on full moon of the tenth month in Balinese calendar (April). Then, every ten years is held a ceremony known as Panca Wali Krama and most importantly is the ceremony held every 100 (one hundred) years, known as the Eka Dasa Rudra.

When Did Mount Agung Erupt?

In the chronicle of Mount Agung is mentioned that Mount Agung erupted for the second time in Çaka Year 70 or 148 AD, Friday (Sukra) Kliwon Wuku Tolu of the fifth month according to Balinese calendar. Meanwhile, in the crater of the Mount Agung was found a substance called Salodaka (sulfur).

It is considered to have supernatural power by residents in Bali and used as a means of grandiose Hindu rituals.

Then, Mount Agung erupted for the third time in Çaka 111 (one hundred eleven) with the chronogram of Wak Çasih Wak where each word means number 1 (one) or 189 AD. At this time

was held the first Eka Dasa Rudra at Besakih Temple. Later, the Eka Dasa Rudra was not performed for several times.

The next Eka Dasa Rudra was held in 1963 AD precisely on March 18, 1963, falling on full moon of the tenth month (Balinese calendar), Sukra Pon Julungwangi Çaka 1885, but was then not cancelled. At that time (1963), a great eruption of Mount Agung happened and caused the Island of Bali to be in pitch black.

According to traditional mythological sources, a figure named Sri Wira Dalem Kesari founding the Merajan Selonding approximately in 250 AD located in the west of Penataran Agung Temple, where the Selonding gamelan instrument is now stored. He is said to have repaired the Besakih Temple. The word Dalem is the title of a king in Bali. Thus, the meaning of Dalem Kesari is most likely the King Kesari Warmadewa who ruled around 917 AD. This is indicated by inscriptions at Puseh Penempahan Temple and Belanjong (Sanur). Among the inscriptions, only those at Belanjong that have the date or chronogram: Cara Wahni Murti. Cara means ‘the star’ and has number 5, Wahni means ‘fire’ number 3, murti means the body of Lord Shiva has number 8. Therefore, after being read from the rear, the whole chronogram shows Caka 835 or 913 AD. During the reign of Sri Udayana, Besakih Temple also received great attention. This can be found

in two inscriptions whose copy is now stored in Merajan Selonding and Gedung Sakti inscription in Selat (Karangasem). It has chronogram ‘Nawa Sangapit Lawang’ and ‘Lawang Apit Lawang.’ Both chronograms have the same meaning: nawa means 9, apit means 2 and lawang means 9 (symbol of 9 holes in human body). The whole chronogram becomes Caka Year 929 or 1007 AD. Since the year 1007 belongs to the era of Udayana Warmadewa, apparently the king paid enough attention to Besakih Temple.

During the reign of the kings belonging to descendants of Sri Kresna Kepakisan, Besakih Temple received more special arrangement. This can be found in the palm-leaf manuscript of Raja Purana Besakih that specifies the type of ceremony, name of shrine, land property, composition of the pangemong (supporting devotees) and well-organized ceremonial levels. Other than two inscriptions dating 1444 AD and 1454 AD that carry the inauguration of the autonomy of “Desa Hilahila Hulundang Ing Besuki” it is also carried that outsiders as well as royal officers are not allowed to collect taxes in the region of Besakih Temple and the people of Besakih have duty to maintain Besakih Temple and the shrine of Sasuhunan Kidul. Such a condition continued until the conquest of the Klungkung kingdom by the Dutch in 1908.

During the Dutch colonial era,

the Dutch government paid great attention to Besakih Temple as proved in 1918-1923 when natural disasters destroyed many buildings; the government held a massive restoration. Furthermore, after Indonesian got its independence, the local government of Bali handled the repair and ceremonies at Besakih Temple. In 1967 supervision and maintenance of Besakih Temple by the governor of Bali was submitted to the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) and was then mandated again to Prawartakan Besakih Foundation. This foundation then carried out the repairs to damages caused by natural disasters.

Great attention of the Bali government along the district and municipal government across Bali is given to the improvements that continue until now. Other than the attention of customary and religious institutions through meetings of Sulinggih and Walaka, religious seminars and other meetings on the ceremonies at Besakih Temple should be carried out in accordance with the norms including the implementation of grandiose rituals held periodically such as the Eka Dasa Rudra in 1979 (Çaka 1900), Panca Walikrama in 1989 (Çaka 1910) and Candi Narmada at Batu Klotok, Panca Walikrama in Lake Batur and Tri Bhuana Ritual in 1993, Eka Bhuana Ritual in 1996 in the courtyard of Besakih Temple as a series of the Eka Dasa Rudra. (Dr. I Wayan Wastawa—lecturer at IHDN Denpasar)

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439 refugee children return to school

SINGARAJA - A total of 439 refugee children from Karangasem who are accommodated in Tejakula sub-district are confirmed to return to school starting on Monday (25/9). This follows the decision of the Youth and Sports Education Office (Disdikpora) Buleleng who are willing to accommodate them to school during their stay in refugee camps. The children will be accommodated in several schools near the refugee post in Tembok Village, Les, Sambirenteng and Tejakula Village, Tejakula District.

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Head of Disdikpora Gede Suyasa, Sunday (24/9) said, after conducting data collection at the evacuation site, it found there are 439 children who are willing to go to school during the evacuation. The child consists of 291 elementary students, 102 junior high school students and 46 students of SMK. These students will study at a number of nearby schools in evacuation locations. Related to school uniforms, shoes and textbooks, Suyasa said it was not a requirement.

Although these children are not in uniform and carry books, they still follow the teaching-learning process (PBM) with students at local schools.

Thus, in a panic situation that affects

psychological burden, these children can still attend school as usual.

Meanwhile, related to school capacity, the former Head of Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) Buleleng said, in line with the policy of acceptance of new students with zoning system, no schools are excess students or learn two shifts. Thus schools in Tejakula sub-district still have empty seats to accommodate hundreds of refugee students of Gunung Agung.

He pointed out, SDN 1 Penuktukan and SDN 7 and SDN 8 Tejakula still have empty stools, so that these children are certainly accommodated. Similarly for junior high and high school / vocational school. ‘’Although there are additional

students from these refugees, it can be accommodated, because now there is no school that the excess students after the zoning policy apply, ‘’ he explained.

On the other hand, this Tejakula Village official said that the refugee children of Gunung Agung were not enough to rejoin the school because, since the evacuation and stay in the evacuation post, their psychological condition has been disturbed. This psychic condition is important to be restored. Thus, when schooling in new environments and unknown students, they can interact and their psychic condition is expected to recover. (kmb38)

Sand and stone supply decreases drastically Project contract amendment required process

SEMARAPURA - After Mount Agung rose from the alert level and now it has stepped on level IV has caused most of the sand excavation activities stopped. It affects the supply of sand and stone to Klungkung regency, which has decreased drastically.

Inevitably the spike in the price of building materials also went up.

Brick producers from Bumbungan Village, Made Pageh Sunday (24/9) said that before the status of the mountain went up to the alert level, sand supply went normal. Similarly, the price is still around Rp 550 thousand per 4.7 cubic. But now the conditions are different. Supply dropped drastically and the price has reached Rp 750 thousand. “The supply is much reduced. Prices soared, “he said. Such a situation poses a threat to his business. In order not to lose, the price of batako was forced to raise from Rp 2,300 to Rp 2,500 per seed. “Otherwise, it could be a loss,” he said.

The same is also conveyed contractor I Nengah Sudiartana. The price of sand previously Rp 1 million to Rp 2.5 million per truck. Even now very difficult to get. He has been looking to a number of areas in Bali, but has not gained results. “At least 30 trucks will be required for my business. But there were only two trucks. That’s just waiting from yesterday.

I have also tried to search for Java, but constrained permission delivery. The price is also doubled from there, “he said.

The price of stone, continued the man from the village of Selisihan is also jump from Rp 1.8 million to Rp 3 million per truck. It is feared the problem impact on projects that are still under construction, one of them is Semarapura Market. “Because of this, there are concerns about the project,” he said.

On that matter, it proposes the amendment of the contract. This was immediately delivered in writing.

“We propose to the district government to amend IBP/kmb45 the contract. How much is done, so much is paid.

But we also keep trying to find material, “he added. Sand traders in Banda Hamlet, Takmung Village, Banjarangkan District. Since the status of Mount Agung rises to the alert level, the supply of sand has dropped drastically. (kmb45)

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Buddhist mistrust of foreign aid workers hampers relief for Myanmar’s Rohingya

Japan’s Self-Defense Forces F-15 fighter jets (top and bottom) conduct an air exercise with U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flying from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in the skies above the East China Sea, Japan, in this photo released by the Air Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan September 9, 2017.

N.Korea says rockets to U.S. ‘inevitable’ as U.S. bombers fly off N.Korean coast

UNITED NATIONS - North Korea said on Saturday targeting the U.S. mainland with its rockets was inevitable after “Mr. Evil President” Donald Trump called Pyongyang’s leader “rocket man”, further escalating rhetoric over the North’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho’s remarks to the United Nations General Assembly came hours after U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers escorted by fighters flew in international airspace over waters east of North Korea in a show of force the Pentagon said showed the range of military options available to Trump.

Ri’s speech capped a week of rising tensions between Washington and Pyongyang, with Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un trading insults. Trump called Kim a “madman” on Friday, a day after Kim dubbed him a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.”

On Saturday, the mudslinging continued with Ri calling Trump “a mentally deranged person full of megalomania and complacency” who is trying to turn the United Nations into a “gangsters’ nest”. Ri said Trump himself was on a “suicide mission” after the U.S. president had said Kim was on such a mission. “’President Evil’ is holding the seat of the U.S. President,” Ri said, warning that Pyongyang was ready to defend itself if the United States showed any sign of conducting a “decapitating operation on our headquarters or military attack against our country”.

“Now we are finally only a few steps away from the final gate of

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completion of the state nuclear force,” Ri told the annual gathering of world leaders.

He said sanctions would have no effect on Pyongyang’s resolve to develop its nuclear weapons, with the ultimate goal being “balance of power with the U.S.” Trump announced new U.S. sanctions on Thursday that he said allow targeting of companies and institutions that finance and facilitate trade with North Korea.

Earlier this month the U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted its ninth round of sanctions on Pyongyang to counter its nuclear and ballistic missiles programs.

The U.S. bombers’ flight was the farthest north of the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea that any U.S. fighter jet or bomber has flown in the 21st century, the Pentagon said.

“This mission is a demonstration of U.S. resolve and a clear message that the President has many military options to defeat any threat,” said Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White.

“We are prepared to use the full range of military capabilities to defend the U.S. homeland and our allies.”

North Korea has launched dozens of missiles this year, several flying over Japan, as it accelerates its program aimed at enabling it to target the

United States with a nuclear-tipped missile.

Pyongyang conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test on Sept. 3 and has threatened to test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific.

Ri met with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after delivering his speech. Guterres expressed concern to Ri over the escalating tensions and appealed for de-escalation, the United Nations said in a statement.

The Pentagon said the B-1B bombers came from Guam and their U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter escorts came from Okinawa, Japan. Previous shows of force with bombers have stayed south of the demilitarized zone.

The patrols came after officials and experts said a small earthquake near North Korea’s nuclear test site on Saturday was probably not manmade, easing fears Pyongyang had exploded another nuclear bomb just weeks after its last one.

China’s Earthquake Administration said the quake was not a nuclear explosion and had the characteristics of a natural tremor.

The CTBTO, or Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty Organization, which monitors nuclear tests, and officials of the South Korean meteorological agency also said they believed it was a natural quake. (rtr)

SITTWE - Relief agencies struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims displaced by strife in northwestern Myanmar are facing rising hostility from ethnic Rakhine Buddhists who accuse the United Nations and foreign aid groups of only helping Muslims.

So far, the Myanmar government has only granted Red Cross organisations access to the area.

The United Nations suspended its activities and evacuated noncritical staff after the government suggested it had supported Rohingya insurgents.

Already battling against bad weather, tough terrain and obstructive bureaucracy, the Red Cross also ran into an angry mob, who believe the foreign aid agencies have ignored the suffering of Rakhine Buddhists in Myanmar’s poorest state.

On Wednesday a mob in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, tried to block a boat carrying International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) aid to the north, where attacks by Rohingya militants on Aug. 25 prompted Myanmar’s generals to order a sweeping counterinsurgency offensive.

The mob was armed with sticks, knives and petrol bombs, and only dispersed after police fired rubber bullets.

Four days earlier a Myanmar Red Cross truck was stopped and searched by Rakhine residents in Sittwe.

“With heightened tensions in

Rakhine State, humanitarian staff and private contractors are facing serious challenges in implementing life-saving activities,” said Pierre Peron, spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Myanmar.

In the past month, 420,000 Rohingya have fled into neighbouring Bangladesh to avoid what the U.N. human rights chief has called ethnic cleansing.

Foreign aid groups are now scaling up to help Bangladesh cope with a humanitarian disaster of biblical proportions.

Back in Myanmar, a separate crisis is unfolding on multiple fronts, many of them much harder to reach.

“Many ongoing humanitarian activities that existed before August 25th have still not resumed,” said Peron. “For the sake of vulnerable people in all communities in Rakhine State, urgent measures must be taken to allow vital humanitarian activities to resume.”

In northern Rakhine, tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya, are displaced but haven’t crossed into Bangladesh.

Closer to Sittwe, 140,000 Rohingya displaced by previous religious unrest are confined to squalid camps. They depend on foreign aid that has been severely restricted since Aug. 25.

About 6,000 Buddhists have also fled to Sittwe, where they are cared for at monasteries by the government and Rakhine volunteers. (rtr)

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Rohingya refugees scuffle as aid is distributed in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 23, 2017.

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Nepal, home to Mount Everest and half of the world’s 14 highest mountains, has never measured the peak on its own and uses its snow height of 8,848 metres (29,028 feet) that was measured by the Survey of India in 1954.

Many Western climbers use the height of 8,850 metres (29,035 feet) determined in 1999 by the National Geographic Society and Boston’s Museum of Science, in a survey that used satellite-based technology to measure the peak.

Over the years the actual height of Everest has been debated by geologists and mountaineers - the crux of disagreement being whether the snow atop the mountain rock should be included.

The official height stands at 8,848 metres (29,028 feet), determined by an Indian expedition in 1955. But the first

mission to measure it was in 1847, led by Andrew Waugh of the Indian Royal Surveyor General, when India was under British rule. The team found “Peak 15” - the name under which the mountain went by then - was 8,840 m (29,002 feet).

Ganesh Prasad Bhatta, director general of the Nepal government’s Survey Department said an expedition would be made next year to settle the debate.

“We are now developing a methodology for the measurement which will be discussed with international experts, and their advice will be incorporated to make sure that our work meets global standards and is internationally accepted,” Bhatta told Reuters.

He said Nepal lacked scientific tools like Global Positioning System and leveling equipment as well as gravimeters, but would hire what was needed from experts and agencies like the International Association of Geodesy.

“If the weather conditions on the mountain are good, we will start the work in the summer climbing season next year or in the Autumn of 2018,” Anil Marasini, another official

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Nepal says will measure Mount Everest next year to see if lost height

KATHMANDU - Nepal will measure Mount Everest afresh to settle a controversy over height of the world’s tallest peak, especially after some estimates suggested it became a little shorter in the wake of an earthquake two years ago, officials said on Friday.

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with the Survey Department, said.

Officials said they would seek to establish whether a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in April 2015 had altered the mountain’s height.

The earthquake occurred during the peak climbing season, and massive avalanches killed 18 people at the base camp.

During the summer mountaineering season this year, some climbers said the Hillary Step - a near vertical rock formation below the summit - had collapsed, though the Nepal government has rebutted those claims.

Nepal will take the snow height as the basis for what it hopes will be definitive measurement, in a project of “national pride”.

“There are reports that changes are noticed in the height of the Everest due to the recent earthquakes,” said Manandhar. Nepal has allocated a budget of 250m Nepalese rupees (£1.8m) for the project.

Everest is situated in the Mahalangur Range directly between Tibet and Nepal. (rtr)

SEMARAPURA - The arrival of refugees at Klungkung district continues to flow.

Moreover, the placement is no longer centered in Swecapura Stadium, Gelgel village, but already spread to a number of hamlet halls.

According to the results of data collection until 17:00 on Saturday (Sep. 23), it has been recorded at 69 points with approximately 9,000 residents. This figure is still potentially increasing.

Sebudi villager that evacuate to Klungkung district.

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Due to evacuating

Resident cancels holding ‘tooth filing’ and wedding reception

STORY of Karangasem residents that evacuate to Klungkung district is not only limited to separation from family. They are not willing to leave their cattle or sell them for very cheap price. However, when searched, there is still something else. Some residents canceled tooth filing (metatah) ceremony and wedding reception.

As experienced by a Sebudi villager, Komang Duwarni, in the near future, she plans to join in a mass tooth filing ceremony for her two sons. A fee of IDR 1 million has been paid off. Moreover, she is just waiting for such an important day.

However, it suddenly vanished.

Mount Agung is now declared in alert level causing the plan to be buried deeply. “Both of my sons will be going to undergo tooth filing ceremony and we have paid

as much as IDR 1 million. So, it is then canceled,” he said, Saturday (Sep. 23).

Nevertheless, he did not regret it. What he wanted is the safety for his family. He added that his relatives at Sogra are also forced to cancel their wedding reception scheduled to be held on September 25. Actually, hundreds of invitations have been distributed. “I also get some invitations,” he added.

Similar thing was also conveyed by a Muncan resident, Selat, Gusti Ngurah Sutama. The tooth filing and wedding ceremony of his nephew scheduled to take place in October is threatened to be canceled. “The offerings have started to be made from three days ago, while now they are evacuating. As a result, nothing can be done,” he said. (sos)

As the monitoring, in addition in the Swecapura Stadium, refugees are also recorded to occupy the hamlet hall of Tangkas, Gelgel village; Lebah hamlet, Semarapura Kangin, Lekok hamlet, Sampalan Klod and Shoot Field. In addition, some also occupy an empty building on Jalan Untung Surapati. The refugees are no longer from Sebudi village, but also from Muncan, Pesangkan, Telung Bhuana, Selat Duda, Selat, Duda, and Besakih.

After running for three days, the health of refugees declined. Hundreds of people came to health post and dozens have been referred to Klungkung Hospital.

Some have to undergo hospitalization due to their condition is quite alarming.

Head of Klungkung Health Agency, Ni Made Adi Swapatni, explained that refugees are mostly suffer-

ing from ulcers, hypertension and inflammation of respiratory tract. For those referred to hospital, they are mostly short of breath. “But it has been successfully handled,” he explained.

To minimize this, medical officers with Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) continue to monitor, not only in the Swecapura Stadium, but also hamlet hall. “We continue to monitor the condition and the officers are always ready,” he said.

In the meantime, food needs are still sufficient. The assistance from the community continues to come.

However, there is constraint such as refugees that have not got any sleeping kit like in the hamlet hall of Jelantik Mamoran, Tojan village. Some refugees sleep on pandanus mat without blanket and pillows. “The mat is obtained here,” said Ketut Parsa from Pesangkan village, Selat, Karangasem.

As the number of refugees increases, the availability of toilets also becomes a problem. This causes refugees in the Swecapura Stadium to have to queue for quite a long time. Fortunately, around the location sits a large enough river that can be taken advantage so as to resolve the problem.

Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, said that refugee handling continues to be maximized. Community is also expected to participate in fulfilling their needs.

“We also hope that people’s assistance continues to come, especially for sleeping equipment,” he said. (kmb45)

Refugees in Swecapura Stadium, Gelgel village, Klungkung.

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Australia issues travel advisory

MANGUPURA - The Australian government has responded to the danger of the possible eruption of Mount Agung on September 22, 2017, by issuing a security warning for citizens of kangaroo country. The security warning was announced by the Australian consulate in Indonesia.

The Australian government has asked its citizens who are planning to vacation in Indonesia, especially in Bali, to remain vigilant and be careful because the highest mountain in Bali continues to show increasing signs of volcanic activity with related increases in alert levels.

This neighboring country also asked its citizens to pay attention to the bans and appeals issued by Bali’s local government. For example Austalians have been advised not to engage in any activities with the danger zone or engage in rock climbing.

A source from the Australian Consulate in Bali stated that the Australian government has asked its citizens to double-check their flights to Indonesia, especially those flying into Bali in order to ensure safety.

“There is no travel warning, only a travel adisory.

Overall there have been no changes in statues. Residents are required to follow the authority’s instructions and ensure that their flight schedule has not changed”, he said.

The security warning announced through Australian consulate’s official website for Indonesia at https://t. co/tHJ3osyyiy?ssr=true.(kmb27) The health officers are giving medication to the refugees in Tenganan Village, Karangasem

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Hundreds of health officers deployed to refugee camps

DENPASAR - After holding a meeting with the head of the national disaster management authority (BNPB) with hospitals across Bali, the Bali health agency has alerted their emergency health team. All health posts for refugees have been provided with health personnel, including doctors and paramedics. Gianyar Hospital and Sanglah Hospital are on standby for referals. “Karangasem Hospital remains open, but if patients need to be refered, we hope they will be referred to Klungkung, Gianyar and Sanglah Hospital”, said Head of Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya said on Saturday (Sep. 23)

Similarly, the Karangasem health agency has prepared medicines and the Bali health agency has prepared a total of 400,000 masks and the BNPB as many as 500,000 masks.

Suarjaya added that health teams at hospitals throughout Bali have prepared 14 general practitioners, 56 paramedics and 14 drivers for the next two weeks until October 8, 2017. There are 56 hospitals both public and private as well as 14 clinics prepared for volcano victims. The team of hospital has prepared 56 general practitioners and 224 paramedics. In the meantime,

the clinic team has prepared 14 general practitioners and 56 paramedics. “So, they are a total of 84 medical personnel and general practitioners as well as 336 paramedics outside of Karangasem”, he said.

Health officers in Karangasem amount to 48 doctors at public health centers, 22 dentists, 160 nurses, 243 midwives and 23 general practitioners, 29 specialist doctors, 214 nurses and 81 midwives. Considering Karangasem in within the red zone, the health facilities in Kubu subdistrict are not operating.

There are three health facilities in the area namely the Kubu Health Center I, and Pratama Kubu Clinic who deal with outpatients and Kubu Health Center II. Health officers from these clinics have are now working in the temporary shelters where people have sought refuge.

Health facilities in Rendang and Selat are still operating as usual. “For the areas that are categorized as safe, health services are runnign as usual though they have also assigned health teams to the refugee camps”, he added.

Karangasem Hospital continues to serve patients, though requests for referrals are welcome. Many have directly gone to hospitals outside of Karangasem: “maybe out of panic or maybe because they were referred, I have asked that patients continue to be served in Karangasem”, he said. (kmb42)

Ngurah Rai Airport unaffected by Mt Agung volcanic activities

DENPASAR - Ngurah Rai International Airport in the Indonesian island resort of Bali remains unaffected by the volcanic activities of Mt Agung, according to airport management spokesman Arie Ahsanurrohim.

“Until now flights to and from the Ngurah Rai International Airport are still normal,” Ahsanurrohim remarked here on Saturday.

According to him, he continued to establish intensive communications with relevant agencies to monitor the latest conditions after the danger status of Mt. Agung was raised to the highest level.

Following Mt. Agungs latest development marked by higher level of fire and extraordinary increase in tremors, Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) had decided to upgrade its status from Alert Level III to Watch or Level IV.However, the Ngurah Rai Airport management spokesman said he had prepared anticipation if the airspace was not safe, especially concerning the handling of prospective passengers and aircraft.

In the menatime, National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho informed the press on Friday that Bali remained safe for tourists, despite the alert status being declared for Mount Agung. “Until now, Bali is still safe for tourist visits except the area within the radius around Mt Agung where any activity has been banned by the PVMBG,” he said.

Several foreign embassies have contacted the BNPB command post to seek information on the condition of Mt Agung and the necessary precautionary arrangements in place. Several Balinese people were also panic-stricken, he noted.(ant)

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BEACH COMBING COWS AT INTERCONTINENTAL BALI RESORT If you happen to be walking along the magnificent golden sands of Jimbaran Beach in the early morning, you might just get to witness the enchanting sight of a pair of Balinese cows harnessed to a large metal rake and treading the beach. The apparatus is similar in many ways to the hand-held

walking ploughs used in Bali’s rice fields and drawn by water buffaloes. The rake, however, was designed especially for the purpose of combing the sand and cleaning the beach. The cows are part of a small herd of nine belonging to InterContinental Bali Resort. Every morning at 6am, guided by one of

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British actor Colin Firth gets dual Italian citizenship after Brexit vote ROME - British actor Colin Firth, who has often played the role of a quintessential Englishman in his many films, has become an Italian citizen, Italy’s Interior Ministry said.

“The very famous actor, who won an Oscar for the film ‘The King’s Speech’, is married to a citizen from our country and has often declared his love for our land,” the ministry said in a statement.

Firth said he would remain a dual national, adding that his Italian-born wife would also be seeking British nationality.

“We never really thought much about our different passports,” the actor said in a statement.

“But now, with some of the uncertainty around, we thought it sensible that we should all get the same,” he added, in an apparent reference to last year’s British vote to leave the European Union.

Firth has been married to Italian film producer Livia Giuggioli since 1997 and the couple live with their two sons in Britain. Unlike some other EU countries, Italy and Britain both allow dual nationality.

“My wife and I are both extremely proud of our own countries,” Firth said.

A number of EU countries, including Germany, France and Ireland, have reported a surge in British citizens seeking a new nationality in the wake of the Brexit vote.

The Italian announcement came just hours after British Prime Minister Theresa May flew to Florence to make a keynote speech to try to revive stalled Brexit negotiations and reassure worried business leaders. (rtr) Cast member Colin Firth arrives for the world premiere of “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” in London, Britain September 18, 2017.

Cast member Kirsten Dunst (C) poses with directors Laura (L) and Kate Mulleavy at the premiere for “Woodshock” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 18, 2017.

Rodarte sisters go deep into the woods for film debut ‘Woodshock’

LOS ANGELES - When the sisters behind high-fashion label Rodarte decided to make their debut film “Woodshock,” they looked for inspiration where they have always searched - in the redwood forests by their Northern California coastal home.

Laura Mulleavy, 38, and Kate Mulleavy, 37, took the majestic and ethereal wooded landscapes near their hometown of Aptos, California, to write and direct a dark poetic thriller of a young woman’s psychological descent after the death of her mother.

“We were always very inspired by nature,” Laura Mulleavy told Reuters.

“In writing our first film, we definitely were really looking at nature through a microscope, the idea that we’re so connected to the natural world and yet we have completely, as human beings. In a lot of ways we’ve cut ourselves off from that connection.”

“Woodshock,” out in U.S. movie theaters on Friday, follows Theresa (Kirsten Dunst), who works at a

marijuana shop in a rural coastal California town and drifts like a wood nymph in a weed haze through the redwood trees that are slowly being cut down.

Made for around $5 million, the Mulleavys brought their years of running a successful independent fashion label to the business of independent filmmaking.

“Having run (Rodarte) for 12 years, you really learn to be a creative protector of the ideas and the vision behind what you’re doing and that is something we could very solidly bring into film,” Kate Mulleavy said.

The striking visuals of the eerie forests, misty tree tops and vibrant flora of Humboldt County, California play a starring role in Theresa’s journey, as well as echoing

the bohemian California aesthetic that marks the Rodarte runway collections.

Rodarte’s most recent Spring/ Summer 2018 collection featured models in delicate lace dresses accented with baby’s breath flowers draped through their hair, detailed flower embroidery and vibrant flora prints.

The film has received mixed reviews, with some praising the artistic visuals and dream-like sequences, while others found the plot to be slumberous.

“When you make anything that’s not homogenous and not cookie-cutter and understandable in the typical straightforward way, that will be provocative and that’s exciting,” Kate Mulleavy said. (rtr)

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A view of Mount Agung, a volcano on the highest alert level, from Karangasem Regency, on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, September 24, 2017.

Volcano on Indonesia’s Bali island at highest alert level, thousands evacuated

DENPASAR - Thousands of residents were evacuated from villages near an active volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali, officials said on Friday, as the alert status was raised to the highest level, meaning an eruption could be imminent.

Authorities warned tourists and residents to avoid camping or hiking within a 9 km (6 mile) radius of the crater as seismic tremors rattled some areas and smoke rose above one of the world’s most popular tourist spots.

“Volcanic activity remains high and there are indications of magma rising to the surface and causing tremors,” said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the National Disaster Management Agency.

“There should be zero public activity within the specified radius in case there is an eruption,” Nugroho said.

However, flights at Bali’s inter-

national airport were operating as normal and there was little disruption to tourism operators across the rest of the island, authorities said.

Nearly 10,000 people have been evacuated so far and that number was expected to rise, officials said.

Others packed their belongings into trucks for evacuation, while more stopped to watch as clouds of white smoke rose from the crater, which is around 3,000 metres (9,840 feet) above sea level.

Indonesia straddles the “Pacific Ring of Fire”, where several tectonic plates meet and cause 90 per-

cent of the world’s seismic activity, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Indonesia has nearly 130 active volcanoes, more than any other country.

A series of eruptions at Mount Agung between 1963 and 1964 killed more than 1,000 people and injured hundreds.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.